Born in Madison, Wisconsin, April 16, 1915
Graduated from the Tucson, Arizona High School June 1934
Attended Pomona College, Claremont, California 1934 - 36
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1936 Two-Year Curriculum - Special Student, permitted to elect ROTC advanced courses) Graduated from the Two-Year Curriculum in May 1938
Commissioned 2nd Lieut, AUS(ROTC), University of California Commencement, May 1938
Married Pauline Turner, Pasadena, California in August 1938
Military Service
MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training
ROTC, University of California, Davis, 1936 - 38
Commissioned
Second Lieutenant, AUS, Infantry Reserves, Berkeley, California, May 1938.
First Lieutenant, AUS, Infantry Reserves, 18 July 1941; entered active duty 14 April 1942 and transferred to Air Corps Reserves, 24 April 1942.
Captain, AUS, 28 September 1943.
Service Assignments
Apr 1942 - Feb 1943, Flying Instructor, Hg AF Advanced Flying School, Mather Field, Calif.
Mar 1943 - Mar 1944 Fly Inst, Hg AF Adv Sch, 952nd Two-Engine Ftr Sq, Mather Field, Calif.
Mar 1944 - Apr 1944 Night Pilot Ftr Gp, 348th Nite Ftr Sq, AAB, Salinas, Calif.
Apr 1944 - May 1944, Student Pilot, Note Ftr Operational Sq T-1, 451st AAF Base Unit, Salinas.
May 1944 - July 1944, Stu Pilot, Nite Ftr Opnl Tng Sq T-1, 450th AAF Base Unit, Hammer Field, Calif.
July 1944 - Aug 1944, Stu Pilot, Nite Ftr Apnl Tng Sq, T-1, 460th AAF Base Unit, Hamilton Field, Calif.
Aug 1944 - Sep 1944, Pilot, Hg, 12th Ftr Command, Mediterranean Area.
Sep 1944 - Jan 1945, Pilot, 414th Night Ftr Sq, Mediterranean Area.
In Service 6 years, 8 months and 22 days.
Captain Davies was killed in action 27 July 1945 while strafing the Nazi Air Base at Lonate Pozzoli, Italy
Decorations and Awards
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS*
PURPLE HEART (Posthumous)
AIR MEDAL WITH Two Oak Leaf Clusters**
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with Three Bronze Service Stars (for participating in the North Apennines, Rome-Arno and Southern France Campaign)
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
* Citation: 'F or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as pilot of a Mosquito Mark XXXtype aircraft on December 31, 1944.'
** Citation: 'F or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as pilot of a Beaufighter type
aircraft in an attack on heavy motor transport near Turin, Italy on 29 September 1945'
INTERMENT: The graves of Captain Davies and Lieutenant Hubbard Larsen, his radar operator, were found near Lonate Pozzoli, Italy in which the bodies had been placed by friendly Italian villagers who had witnessed the plane crash.