Davis, Ernest John Walter (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-February-19
Birth Date: 1917-May-12
Born:
Parents: Son of Ernest John Davis and Henrietta Florence (nee Reid) Davis, of Fulham
Spouse: Husband of Eileen Rachel (nee Siddons) Davis, of Hayes, Middlesex, whom he married in Uxbridge in June 1941. Father of Michael Richard Davis, born December 1942 in Uxbridge
Home: Hayes, Middlesex, England
Enlistment: Uxbridge, England
Enlistment Date: 1940-September
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
1254697
Target
Wilhelmshaven Germany
Temporary Burial
Jever Cemetery, Germany near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Lancaster ED492
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III ED492
Bombing Wilhelmshaven Germany 1943-February-18 to 1943-February-19
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
9 Squadron (Per noctum volamus) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft ED 492 WS-W was reported as involved in a mid-air collision with another Lancaster near the target area of Wilhelmshaven, Germany by there is also a claim from heavy flak battery Marine Flak Abt 282 at Hooksiel, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Schreiersort, near Wangerland, Germany with the loss of four aircrew members killed
Flight Sergeant Ernest John Walter Davis (RAFVR), Sergeant James Storey Aird (RAFVR), Sergeant Alfred Thomas Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ralph William Darlington (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant Howard Wallace Fullard (RCAF), Warrant Officer James Vaughan (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer John Arthur Jones-Ford (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One - 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 29
Bombers First and Last by Gordon Thorburn, page 377
Lancaster ED492 Mk.I/III - Bombing Wilhelmshaven Germany - 1943-02-18 to 1943-02-19
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9 Squadron (Per noctum volamus) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft ED 492 WS-W was reported as involved in a mid-air collision with another Lancaster near the target area of Wilhelmshaven, Germany by there is also a claim from heavy flak battery Marine Flak Abt 282 at Hooksiel, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Schreiersort, near Wangerland, Germany with the loss of four aircrew members killed
Flight Sergeant Ernest John Walter Davis (RAFVR), Sergeant James Storey Aird (RAFVR), Sergeant Alfred Thomas Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ralph William Darlington (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant Howard Wallace Fullard (RCAF), Warrant Officer James Vaughan (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer John Arthur Jones-Ford (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One - 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 29
Bombers First and Last by Gordon Thorburn, page 377