World War II Honoree

Dougall M. 'Duke' Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Medina, New York

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SELECTED FOR THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. AFTER COMPLETING PREFLIGHT, PRIMARY, BASIC AND ADVANCED TRAINING IN GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI, COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND AWARDED HIS SILVER PILOT WINGS. HE THEN ATTENDED FOLLOW-ON TRANSITION FLYING TRAINING IN FLORIDA TO QUALIFY ON 4-ENGINE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA FOR TRAINING ON THE B-29 'SUPERFORTRESS' BOMBER, WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS A CO-PILOT. HE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS WITH HIS UNIT, THE 315TH BOMBARDMENT WING, 20TH AIR FORCE, TO GUAM, WHERE HE FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS DURING THE FINAL AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.