Name:
Thomas F. Davis
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-747648
Unit:
406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-05
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville
Plot:
E
Row:
Grave:
143-144
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lieutenant Thomas F. Davis, bombardier, took off from Harrington (UK) in his Liberator 42-72870 at 2201 for Op Stationer 57 to drop off ammunition and materials to the French Resistance. His plane was shot down by flak at Bernieres-le-Patry.
He is buried in the same grave with SSGT Brewer and SSGT Bindel in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.