s/o Walter Davies & Catherine ? (Kingsbury, Middlesex, ENG)
m. Daphne ?
Career:
Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No. 1380163. Enlisted 1940.
Leading Aircraftman (LAC). British Flying Training School (BFTS) #4 Course 1, Falcon Field, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA [6/18/1941-10/31/1941]. Graduated Sergeant [10/31/1941].
Promoted to Flying Officer. Official No. 145833.
Flying accident [1943] suffering facial and eye damage from which he recovered.
Assigned 3 SQDN. "In 3 Squadron's Operation Record Book he first appears on 3 September 1944 on the form 541 (operational flights), so he probably arrived a few days before that."
KIA [9/25/1944], age 22.
"On 25 September 1944 the squadron was escorting Liberators (presumably from 100 Group) on Big Ben operations (i.e., they were trying to jam V2 missiles electronically). On the return flight to Matlask, F/O Walter Davies' Tempest Mk. V EJ652 suffered engine failure. He went down in the North Sea, 70 miles East Great Yarmouth. He was never recovered."
Cenotaph at Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Surrey, ENG, Plot: Panel 205.
m. Daphne ?
Career:
Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No. 1380163. Enlisted 1940.
Leading Aircraftman (LAC). British Flying Training School (BFTS) #4 Course 1, Falcon Field, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA [6/18/1941-10/31/1941]. Graduated Sergeant [10/31/1941].
Promoted to Flying Officer. Official No. 145833.
Flying accident [1943] suffering facial and eye damage from which he recovered.
Assigned 3 SQDN. "In 3 Squadron's Operation Record Book he first appears on 3 September 1944 on the form 541 (operational flights), so he probably arrived a few days before that."
KIA [9/25/1944], age 22.
"On 25 September 1944 the squadron was escorting Liberators (presumably from 100 Group) on Big Ben operations (i.e., they were trying to jam V2 missiles electronically). On the return flight to Matlask, F/O Walter Davies' Tempest Mk. V EJ652 suffered engine failure. He went down in the North Sea, 70 miles East Great Yarmouth. He was never recovered."
Cenotaph at Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Surrey, ENG, Plot: Panel 205.
s/o Walter Davies & Catherine ? (Kingsbury, Middlesex, ENG)
m. Daphne ?
Career:
Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No. 1380163. Enlisted 1940.
Leading Aircraftman (LAC). British Flying Training School (BFTS) #4 Course 1, Falcon Field, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA [6/18/1941-10/31/1941]. Graduated Sergeant [10/31/1941].
Promoted to Flying Officer. Official No. 145833.
Flying accident [1943] suffering facial and eye damage from which he recovered.
Assigned 3 SQDN. "In 3 Squadron's Operation Record Book he first appears on 3 September 1944 on the form 541 (operational flights), so he probably arrived a few days before that."
KIA [9/25/1944], age 22.
"On 25 September 1944 the squadron was escorting Liberators (presumably from 100 Group) on Big Ben operations (i.e., they were trying to jam V2 missiles electronically). On the return flight to Matlask, F/O Walter Davies' Tempest Mk. V EJ652 suffered engine failure. He went down in the North Sea, 70 miles East Great Yarmouth. He was never recovered."
Cenotaph at Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Surrey, ENG, Plot: Panel 205.
m. Daphne ?
Career:
Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No. 1380163. Enlisted 1940.
Leading Aircraftman (LAC). British Flying Training School (BFTS) #4 Course 1, Falcon Field, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA [6/18/1941-10/31/1941]. Graduated Sergeant [10/31/1941].
Promoted to Flying Officer. Official No. 145833.
Flying accident [1943] suffering facial and eye damage from which he recovered.
Assigned 3 SQDN. "In 3 Squadron's Operation Record Book he first appears on 3 September 1944 on the form 541 (operational flights), so he probably arrived a few days before that."
KIA [9/25/1944], age 22.
"On 25 September 1944 the squadron was escorting Liberators (presumably from 100 Group) on Big Ben operations (i.e., they were trying to jam V2 missiles electronically). On the return flight to Matlask, F/O Walter Davies' Tempest Mk. V EJ652 suffered engine failure. He went down in the North Sea, 70 miles East Great Yarmouth. He was never recovered."
Cenotaph at Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Surrey, ENG, Plot: Panel 205.
Inscription
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Gravesite Details
145833
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