World War II Honoree

Jack Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Honored By

Walter Lawrence

Relationship

Friend

FLEW MISSIONS IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 2ND AIR DIVISION, THE 44TH BOMB GROUP, 506TH BOMB SQUADRON STATIONED AT SHIPDHAM AERODROME, NEAR NORWICH, ENGLAND. HE WAS LEFT WAIST GUNNER. ON HIS 25TH MISSION, ON JUNE 29, 1944 THEY WERE TO BOMB THE KRUPP AIRCRAFT FACTORY, MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 'BOMBS AWAY' WAS ACCOMPLISHED, THE B-24 BOMBER 'CAPE COD SPECIAL' AND ANOTHER 'MY EVERLOVIN' GAL' WERE BOTH HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AND EXPLODED. HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE HIS LIFE BY PARACHUTE AND REMAINED A PRISONER OF WAR FOR THE DURATION. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.