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CAPT JAMES  J. DAVIDSON, USN
CAPT JAMES J. DAVIDSON, USN


CAPT JAMES J. DAVIDSON, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 102


Service Date In: 11/01/1940 Date of Birth: 07/19/1919
Service Date Out: 06/01/1972
Aviation Designation Naval Aviator
State/College Attended Winona State Univ
City, State Manassas,VA

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Silver Star

Theaters/Campaigns:
WWII Pac., Korea

Aircraft:
SBD
F9F
FJ-4
FH-1
F2H

Ship/Units/Deployments:
USS Kearsarge, AirOf
VF-52, CO
Air Group 14, CO

Associations/Service Organizations:
Golden Eagles
Assn of Nav Aviation
Tailhook Assn

Significant Achievements:
Test pilot of XFD-1 Phantom aboard USS F.D. Roosevelt (July 1946), the first time a US-designed pure- jet fighter had operated aboard a carrier. Grad Empire Test Pil. Sch


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