Flight Lieutenant James William Elias "Jimmy" Davies DFC (1913–1940) was the first American-born airman to die in World War II combat, being shot down and killed on 27 June 1940. Although born in the United States, his family moved to Wales before the start of the war so he appears in the official records as British. His name is inscribed on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede for airmen with no known grave.