Collection Title: June G. Davis Diary
Series Number: MS10-93
Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Dieter C. Ullrich on September 24, 2010
Date Listed: September 24, 2010
Date Span: 1943-1944
Size of Collection: 0.10 linear feet; 1 item.
Number of Boxes: 1 legal size file folder.
Type of Material: Diary.
Condition of Material: Good.
Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: June G. Davis served in the 716th Squadron of the 449th Bombardment Group, 47th Wing, 15th Air Force from May 19th to October 29th, 1944. He successfully completed 51 bombing missions over Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Germany. Davis was stationed at Grottaglie Airfield near Taranto, Italy and served aboard a B-24 “Silver Bay Babe”.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of a typescript diary titled “Hello Late Pass, Hello!” by June G. Davis. The diary describes his service in the United States Army Air Force as a nose gunner in Europe during the Second World War. The diary begins with Davis’ training at Tyndall Field, Florida in late 1943 and concludes with his final bombing mission on October 29, 1944.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Davis, June G.
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 449th.
World War, 1939-1945 – Aerial operations, American
Grottaglie (Italy)
Additional Sources: See “Grottaglie, and home” A History of the 449th Bomb Group, Forty-seventh Wing, Fifteenth Air Force: A Group History by the 449th Bomb Group Association.
