Oregon
81 years after his death, Oregon WWII airman to be buried at home with military honors
World War II soldier George Davies has returned home to Oregon to be decorated with military honors and be buried by his family nearly 81 years after he was pronounced missing in action in Europe.
Davies died Aug. 1, 1943 in a bombing run on Axis fighters’ critical source of fuel in Ploiesti, Romania. The 27-year-old graduate of Gresham High School flew 27 missions as an engineer and gunner before embarking on the Operation Tidal Wave flight that claimed his life.