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Son of Captain Herbert Ludlow and Olga Gwen Davis of Bombay, India. There is
a seven-in-nine chance that Pilot Officer Davis lies in Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar. The individually unidentified remains of only seven of the nine crewmen from his bomber are buried there in Plot 4, Row E, Graves 14 to 20. Each grave marker reads: An Airman of the 1939-1945 War, Royal Air Force, 29th February 1944, Known unto God.
Pilot Officer Davis and his eight crew members are also commemorated by name
on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Pilot Officer Davis is commemorated on
column 443.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Bombay, India, late '43 or early '44. Michael Ludlow Davis with family & his pilot. L-R: F/Sgt Allan Arnold, RAAF; Joyce Davis, sister; Capt Herbert Davis, father; Michael; Olga, mother. Allan skippered Michael's 159 Sqn Liberator when they & crew were shot down & killed by night fighters over Rangoon, Burma on 29 February 1944.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Michael Ludlow Davis, RCAF, later P.Officer J/86883. Rear gunner on 159 Sqn
Liberator BZ962 "D", shot down over Rangoon by fighters night of 29 Feb 1944. 7
of 9 crewmen's bodies found in 1951, buried in Rangoon War Cemetery as
unknowns. <P>
Michael's Liberator was one of two from 159 Squadron lost on 29 Feb 1944
to the guns of Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter pilots Bunichi Yamaguchi (19
aircraft shot down) and Hiroshi Takiguchi (9 aircraft shot down) of the 204th
Sentai, Japanese Army Air Force. Each bomber was attacked from behind after
searchlights had illuminated it for the fighters.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Michael Ludlow Davis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Bombay, India, late '43 or early '44. Michael Ludlow Davis with family & his pilot. L-R: F/Sgt Allan Arnold, RAAF; Joyce Davis, sister; Capt Herbert Davis, father; Michael; Olga, mother. Allan skippered Michael's 159 Sqn Liberator when they & crew were shot down & killed by night fighters over Rangoon, Burma on 29 February 1944.
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Michael Ludlow Davis, RCAF, later P.Officer J/86883. Rear gunner on 159 Sqn Liberator BZ962 "D", shot down over Rangoon by fighters night of 29 Feb 1944. 7 of 9 crewmen's bodies found in 1951, buried in Rangoon War Cemetery as unknowns. <P> Michael's Liberator was one of two from 159 Squadron lost on 29 Feb 1944 to the guns of Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter pilots Bunichi Yamaguchi (19 aircraft shot down) and Hiroshi Takiguchi (9 aircraft shot down) of the 204th Sentai, Japanese Army Air Force. Each bomber was attacked from behind after searchlights had illuminated it for the fighters.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANGOON WAR CEMETERY Myanmar
The cemetery is situated between Myienegone and Manthawaddy roundabout (close to the circle) and at the back of Burma Translation Society (Sarbaybeikmann). The entrance to the cemetery is down a lane facing east along PYI road (formerly Prome Road) some 8 kilometres from the port, 12 kilometres from the airport and 5 kilometres from the main railway station. There is no road direction sign to the cemetery, but Monasteries surround the cemetery on three sides.
A caretaker resides on site and the cemetery gates are open between 8am and 5 pm. Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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