Alfonza W. Davis

Biography

Alfonza W. Davis (August 20, 1919 – October 29, 1944) (MIA) (WIA) was the first African-American aviator from North Omaha, Nebraska, to be awarded his "wings." He was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a recipient of the Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross and the Distinguished Unit Citation. Davis was assumed to be dead after going missing on or about October 29, 1944, on a mission over the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Italy.

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