George Andrew Davis, Jr. (December 1, 1920 – February 10, 1952) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Korea.
Davis joined the military from Lubbock, Texas. During World War II, he piloted a P-47 Thunderbolt with the 342nd Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group. He shot down seven Japanese...
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George Andrew Davis, Jr. (December 1, 1920 – February 10, 1952) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Korea.
Davis joined the military from Lubbock, Texas. During World War II, he piloted a P-47 Thunderbolt with the 342nd Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group. He shot down seven Japanese fighter planes in the Southwest Pacific between December 1943 and December 1944.
In the Korean War, he served as a major, flying a F-86 Sabre in the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on February 10, 1952, in MiG Alley, near the Yalu River. At the time of his death, he had scored 14 victories in Korea and was the fourth-ranked ace in that war. All of his Korean War victories were over Soviet MiG-15s. He was one of only seven pilots in the United States military...
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