Education
Davis graduated valedictorian from Omaha"s Technical High School in 1937 and went on to attend Omaha University. Having graduated at the top of his flight class, he was chosen to be squadron leader of the 302d Fighter Group based in Italy.
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Alfonza Davis
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Davis was assumed to be dead after going missing on or about July 30, 1945 over the Adriatic Sea. Davis joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, during World World War World War II He received his flight training at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama, becoming the first African American from Omaha to graduate and earn his wings. He later became attached to the 332d Fighter Group as the Assistant Group Operations Officer.
The 332d was an all African American unit, known as the "Red Tail" group because of their special aircraft paint scheme.
He was credited with one aerial victory in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations on July 16, 1944. During his last assignment with the 99th Pursuit Squadron as Squadron Commander, one of the fighter groups that Davis commanded, destroyed 83 German aircrafts.
While on a reconnaissance mission to Munich, Germany, Davis was lost and declared missing in action near the Gulf of Trieste in overcast weather. The United States Department of War later issued a presumptive finding of death while missing in action on October 30, 1945.
Davis is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.
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Tuskegee Airmen]
At Omaha University, he was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
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July 30, 1945 (aged 25) -
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United States
Awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross; Purple Heart Purple Heart; Distinguished Flying Cross
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.