Carl Raymond Davis, DFC (30 July 1911 – 6 September 1940) was a South African-born American-British pilot and flying ace of the Battle of Britain.

[3] Davis was one of 11 American pilots[citation needed] who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star.

[4] Born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal in South Africa to American parents, Davis was educated in England at Sherborne School, and Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts) and at McGill University, Montreal (Bachelor of Arts qualifying as a mining engineer).

His citation read: Flying Officer Carl Raymond Davis (90131), Auxiliary Air Force.

Davis crashed, inverted, with his aircraft burned out in the back garden of Canterbury Cottage at Matfield, Brenchley, near Tunbridge Wells.