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  • Carl Raymond Davis
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  • Flight Lieutenant Carl Raymond Davis DFC (30 July 1911 – 6 September 1940) was a flying ace of the Battle of Britain, having claimed nine enemy aircraft (and one shared) destroyed, four (and one shared) probably destroyed, and four damaged, before he was himself shot down and killed in action. Davis was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star.
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serviceyears
  • 1940
Birth Date
  • 1911-07-30
death place
  • Killed in action near Tunbridge Wells
Name
  • Carl Raymond Davis
Caption
  • Carl Raymond Davis c. 1939
Birth Place
  • Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Awards
  • 30
death date
  • 1940-09-06
Rank
Battles
Relations
  • 23
servicenumber
  • 90131
placeofburial
  • St Mary's churchyard, Storrington, Sussex
abstract
  • Flight Lieutenant Carl Raymond Davis DFC (30 July 1911 – 6 September 1940) was a flying ace of the Battle of Britain, having claimed nine enemy aircraft (and one shared) destroyed, four (and one shared) probably destroyed, and four damaged, before he was himself shot down and killed in action. Davis was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star.