Samuel H. Davis (United States Army Air Service officer)
First Lieutenant Samuel Howard Davis (November 20, 1896 - December 28, 1921) was a United States Army Air Service officer for whom Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is named.
Born in 1896 in Dyer County, Tennessee, As a young man, his hobbies included horseback riding and shooting; he was a good marksman.
He enrolled at Texas A&M College in 1915 as a student of mechanical engineering,
Davis married Marjorie Cameron of San Antonio in 1918. One other person, William C. Sinclair, was also killed. They were hunting ducks at the time; Sinclair was piloting and Davis was shooting. Some reports say that Davis was piloting when the gasoline tank exploded as he tried to land the plane. Davis was reportedly living in Augusta, Arkansas at the time of his death, After a funeral at the home of his parents, Davis was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson. He was survived by his widow, his parents, and a brother, Wilton.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh in 1925, is named in Davis' honor and for Oscar Monthan.
Born in 1896 in Dyer County, Tennessee, As a young man, his hobbies included horseback riding and shooting; he was a good marksman.
He enrolled at Texas A&M College in 1915 as a student of mechanical engineering,
Davis married Marjorie Cameron of San Antonio in 1918. One other person, William C. Sinclair, was also killed. They were hunting ducks at the time; Sinclair was piloting and Davis was shooting. Some reports say that Davis was piloting when the gasoline tank exploded as he tried to land the plane. Davis was reportedly living in Augusta, Arkansas at the time of his death, After a funeral at the home of his parents, Davis was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson. He was survived by his widow, his parents, and a brother, Wilton.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh in 1925, is named in Davis' honor and for Oscar Monthan.
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