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Davis, Bernard D.

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Bernard D. Davis.

Unit/Placed in, 31st Pursuit Squadron, 37th Pursuit Group, United States Army Air Forces.

 

37th Pursuit Group (Interceptor)

Constituted as 37th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 22 Dec 1939. Inactivated in the Panama Canal Zone on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated 37th Fighter Group in May 1942. Served as part of the defense force for the Panama Canal. Equipped first with P-26’s, later with P-40’s. Disbanded in the Canal Zone on 1 Nov 1943.

 

Bernard is born on 1919.

 

Bernard enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 0-421875.

 

Bernard was KIA/MIA when his plane crashed near Rio Sasalinsas, Panama on 5 May 1942,  he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Bernard is buried/mentioned at West Coast Memorial, San Francisco.

Walls of the missing.

Bernard has a Memorial Grave at Dowling Cemetery, Dowling, Barry County, Michigan, USA.

 

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/panama/albrook/index.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/37th_Fighter_Group.html

 

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The unit was part of the build-up of the Canal Zone’s defenses as war approached. It was initially equipped with a mixture of second-line pursuit aircraft, including Boeing P-26A Peashooters, Northrup A-17 Nomads, and some North American BC-1s. The mission of the squadron was air defense of the Panama Canal. In July 1941, the Squadron started re-equipping with new Curtiss P-40 Warhawks. The Squadron was briefly moved to Rio Hato Field on 5 October 1940 and, following a month there, returned to Albrook on 13 November, where it remained until 24 November 1941.

https://en.wikipedia.org/

31st Pursuit Squadron
37th Pursuit Group
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Albrook Airfield, Panama
His rank First Lieutenant