Education
He became a pilot and then attended specialist training in navigation before being appointed a Navigation Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Training Command in 1939.
He became a pilot and then attended specialist training in navigation before being appointed a Navigation Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Training Command in 1939.
Davis joined the Royal Air Force in 1933. He served in the Second World War, initially on secondment to the Turkish Air Force and then as Officer Commanding Number. 269 Squadron. After the war he attended Royal Air Force Staff College and then joined the directing staff there.
He was appointed Group Captain, Air Plans at Headquarters Middle East Air Force in 1951, Station Commander at Royal Air Force Topcliffe in 1953 and Director of Plans at the Air Ministry in 1955.
He went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Bomber Command in 1958, Air Officer Commanding Number. 1 Group in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Malta in 1961.
His last appointments were as Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1963, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Flying Training Command in 1966 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Training Command in 1968 before retiring in 1969. In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.