Samuel H. Davis
Second Lieutenant Samuel H. Davis is a deceased United States Army Air Service officer, killed in 1921 while on a training mission in Florida.
Born in 1896 in Tucson, Arizona, Second Lieutenant Samuel H. Davis attended the University of Arizona in Tucson before enlisting to fly in 1917. A veteran of World War I, he survived the war and remained in the Army Air Service. Davis died in a military aircraft accident while serving in Florida on 28 December 1921 while a passenger in a Curtiss JN-6 HG at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida.
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is named in his honor.
References[]
- Fletcher, Harry R. (1989) Air Force Bases Volume II, Active Air Force Bases outside the United States of America on 17 September 1982. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6
- 1921 news article
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force website https://www.af.mil.
See also[]
- List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (pre-1925)
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1921 deaths
- United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I
- United States Air Force officers
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
- Military personnel from Tucson, Arizona
- University of Arizona alumni
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1921