Lest We Forget~Lt. Frank David Davis

 Lest We Forget~Lt. Frank David Davis

At the time of his death on March 6, Lieut. Davis was piloting a dive bomber (A-26) and was returning to his base after an all day mission. Between Rome and Naples he was apparently blinded by a fog and rain and upon attempting to bail out of plane he was too near the earth, his parachute failed to open, thereby causing him to crash on a mountain side, where he was later found dead by his wing man.  [Our Southern Home, Livingston, Alabama; 30 Mar 1944, Thu. Page 1, column 8]            

I'm not exactly sure where Lt. Frank D. Davis is buried but there are two FindAGrave memorials created for him. On is in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56308010/frank-d-davis

There is no tombstone on this Memorial just a "Tablet of the Missing" with Lt. Frank D. Davis name, unit and date of missing in action.  

PLOT	Tablets of the Missing

The other memorial is in his home State of Alabama.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112708667/frank-d-davis     

There is a tombstone's located on this gravesite.

IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHER

1ST. LT. FRANK D. DAVIS

BORN

MAR. 16 1921

KILLED IN ITALY MAR. 6, 1944

1st Lt. Frank David Davis is my 3rd Cousin 2X Removed. 

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[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56308010/frank-d-davis

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112708667/frank-d-davis     

[3] "Lieut. F. David Davis Killed March 6 In Italy," War News, Our Southern Home, Livingston, Alabama, 30 March 1944, Page 1, column 8; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed & transcribed 17 March 2022); Newspapers.com.