Davis, Carl Francis – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Sergeant Carl Francis Davis.

Unit/Placed in, 492nd Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy, United States Army Air Forces.

Carl is born on 1924 in Illinois.

Father, John Russell Davis.

Mother, Francis Leona (Lansing) Davis .

Sister(s), Virginia Mae Davis.

Brother(s), Donald Edward and John Russell Jr. Davis.

Carl enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 16162053.

Carl‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

1^stLt. John M. W. Stulz Pilot

2ndLt. Charles G. Kleffen Co-Pilot

Captain Robert M. Lange Navigator

SSgt. Nelson H. Oden Engineer

Sgt. Carl F. Davis Radio Operator

Carl was KIA/MIA on a Gas Haul from India to Kunming Airport China where they never arrived probably crashed in the Himalayan Mountains on, 19 Augustus 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_492nd_bomb_sq.html

https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/india/tezpur/index.html

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.anyPlace=Illinois%2C%20Verenigde%20Staten%20van%20Amerika&q.birthLikeDate.from=1924&q.birthLikeDate.to=1924&q.birthLikePlace=Illinois%2C%20Verenigde%20Staten%20van%20Amerika&q.deathLikeDate.from=1945&q.deathLikeDate.to=1945&q.givenName=carl%20f.&q.surname=davis

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.