Davies, David Benyon (Lieutenant)

Survived 1917-August-11

Male Head

Birth Date: 1887

Born:

Parents: John & Nancy Davies

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Cilean Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1915-November-17

Service

RFC

Unit

52 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

2263

1917-07-28: posted to 52Sqn 1917-08-11: Davies was missing in RE-8, A-4645; reportedly shot down in flames behind enemy lines by enemy aircraft while on an artillery observation. His observer Lt Ray Haliburton Sawlor, Canadian, was also missing. As they failed to return they were accepted as dead.

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