Editing Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (section)

=== Namesakes ===

==== Samuel Howard Davis ====
First Lieutenant Samuel Howard Davis (November 20, 1896 – December 28, 1921) was a pilot and [[United States Army Air Service]] officer. Born to Sam and Effie Davis<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-12-25 |title=Tucson Boasts One of the Finest Municipal Airports Created in Western States |pages=62 |work=Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105274215/tucson-boasts-one-of-the-finest/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref> in 1896 in [[Dyer County, Tennessee]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1930-06-12 |title=Tucson Airport Memorial for Young Flyers Who Gave Lives to Further Cause They Loved |pages=2 |work=Tucson Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105235208/tucson-airport-memorial-for-young/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1941-09-22 |title=Oldest Municipal Airport Named for Davis-Monthan |pages=15 |work=Tucson Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105235957/oldest-municipal-airport-named-for/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> Davis was known by his middle name, Howard.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1921-12-31 |title=Obituary for HOWARD DAVIS |pages=2 |work=Tucson Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105237698/obituary-for-howard-davis/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1920-03-20 |title=Shower of "Stars" to Fall over Southwest Arizona This Morning as Tucson's Leading Newspaper Is Shot to Readers from the Air |pages=1 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105274440/arizona-daily-star/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref> He attended public schools in Tucson.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1947-08-01 |title=Oldest Municipal Airport Named Davis-Monthan |pages=24 |work=Tucson Daily Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105218268/oldest-municipal-airport-named/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-10-19 |title=Name Davis-Monthan after Tucson Fliers of First World War |pages=18 |work=Tucson Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105236418/name-davis-monthan-after-tucson-fliers/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> As a young man, his hobbies included horseback riding and shooting; he was a good marksman.<ref name=":4" />

Davis enrolled at [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M College]] in 1915 as a student of mechanical engineering,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1925-11-17 |title=Name of Aggie Grad Honored at Tucson, Ariz. |pages=2 |work=The Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105218571/name-of-aggie-grad-honored-at-tucson/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> having previously attended the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson]].<ref name=":3" /> After enlisting in the military in 1917, he was briefly assigned to [[Fort Huachuca|Fort Hauchuca]] in Arizona before being transferred to [[College Station, Texas]], to complete his academic studies. He returned to the military after graduation in 1918, assembling airplanes at [[Kelly Field]] in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> He trained pilots during the [[World War I|first World War]], including some pilots who took down German planes.<ref name=":4" /> He reached the rank of [[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]].<ref name=":5" /> Davis was [[Military discharge|honorably discharged]] from the military about 1919 with the rank of [[First lieutenant|First Lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army Reserve|reserve corps]]. For a time he worked commercial aviation as a manager with the Arizona Aviation Company, where he piloted [[Curtiss Oriole|Orioles]] and standard manufacture airplanes.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1920-03-10 |title=Howard Davis Weds in San Antonio |pages=3 |work=Tucson Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105274704/howard-davis-weds-in-san-antonio/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-05-20 |title=Fishburn Goes to Bring Plane Back from Los Angeles |pages=3 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105274968/fishburn-goes-to-bring-plane-back-from/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref> Davis married Marjorie Cameron of San Antonio in 1920.<ref name=":7" />

Davis returned to the Army Air Service in August 1921.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He died in a military aircraft accident completing a training mission on December 28, 1921, while a passenger in a [[Curtiss JN-6H | Curtiss JN-6HG]] at [[Carlstrom Field]], near [[Arcadia, Florida]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2007-09-09 |title=D-M's Dusty Beginnings |pages=E007 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105218366/d-ms-dusty-beginnings/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> One other person, William C. Sinclair, was also killed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1921-12-29 |title=Arkansas Flyer Killed in Crash |pages=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105218767/arkansas-flyer-killed-in-crash/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/12/29/98779679.pdf "Two Army Aviation Lieutenants Killed."] New York Times. 29 December 1921.</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Dudney |first=Robert |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Namesakes: Davis-Monthan |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/namesakes-davis-monthan/ |access-date=April 28, 2023 |website=Air & Space Forces Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> They were hunting ducks at the time; Sinclair was piloting and Davis was shooting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-01-03 |title=Military Funeral for Dead Flier at Home Today |pages=2 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105236530/military-funeral-for-dead-flier-at-home/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> After a funeral at the home of his parents, Davis was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-01-04 |title=Obituary for Samuel Howard Davis |pages=2 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105236291/obituary-for-samuel-howard-davis/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> He was survived by his widow, his parents, and a brother, Wilton.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-01-01 |title=Former Tucson Flier Will Be Buried in City |pages=2 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105237553/former-tucson-flier-will-be-buried-in/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref>

Davis's father was in attendance at the 1925 dedication of the base, as was [[George W. P. Hunt|Governor G.W.P. Hunt]], who spoke at the dedication.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=1925-11-02 |title=Tucson Fliers Paid Honor at First Ceremony |pages=1 |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105218437/tucson-fliers-paid-honor-at-first/ |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=1925-11-02 |title=Aviation Field at Tucson Christened |pages=2 |work=Albuquerque Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105237376/aviation-field-at-tucson-christened/ |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref><ref name=":0" />