Zarl Le DAVIS

AFPP#-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File 9900
Name of crew member :
DAVIS, Earl lee
Rank:
s/sgt
Serial number:
38107951
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst Radio Operator
Yes
Did he bail out?
Austria (exact position unknown, near Judenburg, within
Where?
fifty milos of Noumarke Because of my condition I em
If not, why not?
-T
not certain.
I believe
Yast contactear conversation just ,prior to or a,t time of loss of plane:
acknowredged pirots order to abandon ship and all loft
in uninjured physical condition.
f
he injured?
I am almost certain he was not.
Where was he when last seen?
Unknown
Any hearsay information
Crew members were under the impression that he
had Sustarned back injur los and his face showed signs of
disfigurement ( either from a bad parachute landing or from
a benting from unknown persons)
I boliovo I hoard this from out radio gunner,
Source :
ex-T/Stg. C. J. Bojke, 6381 Walton, Detroit Mich.
Any fate based in part or wholly on, suppisition:
We all
had returned home sare with the rest of us
it was quite a shock to learn otherwise. Was he reported
a.s an official prisoner through the International Red
Cross? It seems definite that he arrived alive into
Enemy hands. In the normal course of a prisonors lifo
he should be home a nd alive.
Total number of missions of above crew member:
Unknown (possible 3)
Dates and destinations if possible:
Unknomm
6-3861, AF

INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File 9900
Name of crew member:
DAVIS, Earl L.
Rank:
s/Sgt
Serial number:
38107951
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst Radio Operator
Did he bail out? yes
Where? Over- Friesach 14 Austrian Alps
If not, why not? -
Last or or
contact conversation just prior to at time of loss of plane: Bailed
out with me I an ded neer me 04 ground.
Was he injured? yes, H old back 14 Jury was bothoring
Where was he when last seen? Stayed 14 hospital with
him
me For zuks. saw him lost in Dula, huft Frankfortunt
Any hearsay information:
Under stood that he had been sent to 2
camp in the Month
Source Grapevine 14 Germany.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: From the
m2.1s character I woud 504 that he might OF
hot thouble with 2 quard. He was very quick
temperd 2nd hard to get a 1049 with. He was
older than the test OF us 04 the chow,
Total number of missions of above crew member:
2
Dates and destinations if possible: our first mission was to
Vichiz Nov 1944. wentdown over Austria
mear Klografurt nou 17, 1944. torget was Linz
6-3861, AF

AFPPA-91
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File 9900
Name of crew member:
DAVIS, Zarl Le
Rank:
s/sgt
Serial number:
38107953
Position: Crew (Bomber)
CAsst Radio Operator ,
ARMOR - G UNNER)
Did he bail out ? YES
Where?
NEAR A TOWN CALLED NEUMARKT, AUSTRIA
If not, why not?
-
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane
HC WAS FIURTH To BAIL OUT - I WAS FiFTH
Was he injured? Yes
Where was he when last seen? I SAW HiM LAST in CAMP LHCK:, FRANCE
Any hearsay information:
NONE
Source:
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: NET DAVIS
in CAMP hucky, AFTER LIBERATION. WAS AWAITING
DEPROYMENT To STAT ES
Total number of missions of above crew member:
2
Dates and destinations if possible: Moos BURG - IST MISSION
hinz - - 2ND ON Nou, 15 1944
(MORE INFORMATION ON OTHER SIDE)
6-3861, AF

AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File 9900
Name of crew member:
DAVIS, Ems1 lon
Rank:
s/3g
Serial number:
38107952
Position: Crew (Bomber) Asst fundio Operator
Did he bail out' Yes
Where? Somewhere south of Graz, in NeuMarkt (I believe this is the area)
1f not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane
He acknowledged the order to abandon ship and presumably parachuted
Was he injured?
I do not have any divect information
Where was he when last seen?
I do not have any direct information
Any hearsay information: Other of my crew members whom I saw several days
after tre had been taken prisoner told me that Davis had been hurt in
parachuting and had been taken to the hospital. The injury was believed
spinal. Latter letters from my crew members after we had reached the
United States caid that Davis had recovered to what degree I do not
know.
Source : Interrogation and letters from other enlisted members of the
crew.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
His fate after he left the other crew members, presumably for the
hospital, is supposition, as no further contact was made with him
until after liberation.
Total number of missions of above crew member: I believe two or three.
Dates and destinations if possible: Between November 7th and 15th.
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