Flying Officer CR Davis
Carl Raymond Davis
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Honours
- DFC
- School
- University of Cambridge, McGill University
- Fate
- Did not survive the war, 6 September 1940
- In the book
- Pages 51, 59
From the book
Against Unfavourable Odds
The names of 37 airmen with South African connections are inscribed on the monument panels. Nineteen did not survive the war, some had less robust connections than others including South African born CR Davis, a Hilton College educated Royal Navy Admiral’s son and the British born and educated South African mining magnates’ son who lived in South Africa for 53 years after the war.
Against Unfavourable Odds
Carl Raymond Davis who was born in Krugersdorp near Johannesburg, studied at Cambridge and McGill University’s lost his life on September 6th shortly after being awarded the “Distinguished Flying Cross”. A British citizen, he was one of 17 pilots who accounted for 10 or more Luftwaffe aircraft during “Battle of Britain” 20.