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Sheffield Scientific School 309
when assigned to 301st Bombing Squadron, Hunter Field; promoted
First Lieutenant March 26, 1943; transferred to 405th Bomb Group
(dive), 624th Bomb Squadron, Drew Field, as flight leader about March,
1943; went overseas in April or May, 1944; assigned to P-51 Mustang
Group of 8th Air Force; on first flight over France destroyed a Focke-
Wolfe 190; later assigned to 503d Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group;
promoted Captain about September, 1944; accomplished more than 130
missions and destroyed five enemy aircraft; awarded the Air Medal with
two Oak Leaf Clusters.
Captain Beavers died in action in Germany Posthumously awarded
the Air Medal with one Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and the Order of the
Purple Heart. Survived by parents and paternal grandmother.
Charles Clarence Davis, Jr., B.S. 1942.
Born July 12, 1920, in Essex, Conn.
Missing in action June 25, 1944, near Caen, France.
Presumptive date of death June 26, 1945.
Father, Charles C. Davis (M.D. 1907) Mother, Catherine Dorothy
(Born) Davis.
Pratt High School, Essex, and Mt. Hermon (Mass ) School Biological
science course; member Freshman Hockey Squad and Silhman College
(hockey team Junior and Senior years; baseball team Senior year) Member St. John's Church (Episcopal), Essex. Unmarried.
Entered Army Air Forces January 15, 1943; aviation cadet Squadron
66, Santa Ana Army Air Base, January-June, 1943; primary training
Pilot School 43K, Kings City, Cahf, June-December, 1943; commissioned
Second Lieutenant December 5, 1943; received advanced training at
Douglas Field, Ariz., December, 1943-January, 1944, Salt Lake City,
Utah, January-February, 1944, and Kearney Air Fields in Nebraska and
Alexandria, La., February-April, 1944, sent overseas to England in April,
1944; co-pdot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress), he had completed eighteen
missions.
Lieutenant Davis was reported missing as of June 25, 1944, when his
plane was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire while on a bombing mission to
Montbartier, France. (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as
amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as June 26, 1945 )
Posthumously awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the
Order of the Purple Heart Survived by mother, and three sisters, Dorothy
Davis Tennant (B A. Smith Coll 1930), the wife of Dr Robert Tennant,
Jr, '26 S, of West Hartford, Conn , Mrs Thomas Wind, Jr, of Essex, and
Elizabeth Davis Pierson (Connecticut Coll for Women ^-'36), the wife
of Elmer Lewis Pierson of Essex
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 309 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 309 when assigned to 301st Bombing Squadron, Hunter Field; promoted First Lieutenant March 26, 1943; transferred to 405th Bomb Group (dive), 624th Bomb Squadron, Drew Field, as flight leader about March, 1943; went overseas in April or May, 1944; assigned to P-51 Mustang Group of 8th Air Force; on first flight over France destroyed a Focke- Wolfe 190; later assigned to 503d Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group; promoted Captain about September, 1944; accomplished more than 130 missions and destroyed five enemy aircraft; awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Captain Beavers died in action in Germany Posthumously awarded the Air Medal with one Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and the Order of the Purple Heart. Survived by parents and paternal grandmother. Charles Clarence Davis, Jr., B.S. 1942. Born July 12, 1920, in Essex, Conn. Missing in action June 25, 1944, near Caen, France. Presumptive date of death June 26, 1945. Father, Charles C. Davis (M.D. 1907) Mother, Catherine Dorothy (Born) Davis. Pratt High School, Essex, and Mt. Hermon (Mass ) School Biological science course; member Freshman Hockey Squad and Silhman College (hockey team Junior and Senior years; baseball team Senior year) Member St. John's Church (Episcopal), Essex. Unmarried. Entered Army Air Forces January 15, 1943; aviation cadet Squadron 66, Santa Ana Army Air Base, January-June, 1943; primary training Pilot School 43K, Kings City, Cahf, June-December, 1943; commissioned Second Lieutenant December 5, 1943; received advanced training at Douglas Field, Ariz., December, 1943-January, 1944, Salt Lake City, Utah, January-February, 1944, and Kearney Air Fields in Nebraska and Alexandria, La., February-April, 1944, sent overseas to England in April, 1944; co-pdot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress), he had completed eighteen missions. Lieutenant Davis was reported missing as of June 25, 1944, when his plane was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire while on a bombing mission to Montbartier, France. (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as June 26, 1945 ) Posthumously awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Order of the Purple Heart Survived by mother, and three sisters, Dorothy Davis Tennant (B A. Smith Coll 1930), the wife of Dr Robert Tennant, Jr, '26 S, of West Hartford, Conn , Mrs Thomas Wind, Jr, of Essex, and Elizabeth Davis Pierson (Connecticut Coll for Women ^-'36), the wife of Elmer Lewis Pierson of Essex |
