James Arthur “Jimmie” Davis, was the son of Arthur Clyde Davis and Mollie Dimple King. He married Golden Beatrice Smythe in 1941.
Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Roane, TN
Cpl James Davis was a Top Turret Gunner on aircraft B-24G with serialnumber 42-78411, nickname Flying Wolf. The aircraft departing from Castelluccio, Italy on a combat IP mission to Osweicim, Poland on 26 December 1944. They were hit by flak over the target. Cpl Davis bailed out approximately 34 Km Southwest of Voicin, Yugoslavia and returned to Allied Control. He was killed two missions later returning from a combat mission.
The Chattanooga Daily Times, December 4, 1948
The body of Sgt. James A. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis of Rockwood, Tenn., wil arrive home Tuesday, the couple has been informed by the War Department. Sgt. Davis was killed in action on Feb. 17, 1945, while participating in a bombing mission against the enemy. He was an engineer-gunner on a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator bomber. Sgt. Davis was awarded the Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and three Presidential Unit citations.
The grandson of Mrs. Betty Davis, 2009 East 14th Street, Sgt. Davis was formerly employed in the engineering division of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He was graduated from Central High School here in the class of 1940. Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Church in Rockwood.
- Rank: Corporal
- Date of birth: 11 January 1921
- Date of death: 17 February 1945
- County: Roane
- Hometown: Rockwood
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 727th Bomber Squadron, Heavy
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, three Presidential Unit citations
- Burial/Memorial Location: Oak Grove Cemetery, Rockwood, Roane County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVII, Top Panel
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