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Emmett Smith Davis | |
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Nickname(s) | Cyclone |
Born | Roosevelt, Utah | December 12, 1918
Died | November 3, 2015 Highland, Utah | (aged 96)
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Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1940–1963 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | 35th Fighter Squadron 8th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Group 3200th Proof Test Group 65th Air Division 312th Fighter-Bomber Group Cannon Air Force Base 48th Tactical Fighter Wing |
Battles / wars | World War II Korean War |
Awards | Silver Star Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal (4) |
Other work | Hughes Aircraft |
Emmett Smith "Cyclone" Davis (December 12, 1918 – November 3, 2015) was a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel. He was an American and United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot in the Pacific of World War II and a jet fighter pilot with the Air Force in the Korean War.