Roy Blair Caviness
MilitaryOn reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
Caption attached to reverse: Photo ref.no. 311282. "Pilots of P-47s in the ETO. Associated Press photo shows: Maj. Roy B. Caviness, Oil City, La, has shared in bringing down a FW.190 and has damaged three locos." WOR265946 14344EM. Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Collection - linked to P-47D 42-22784, corrected text to reflect P-47 rather than P-51
Assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Re-assigned to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Transferred to HQ Sqn, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 14 x kills.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
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Units served with
Aircraft
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born Advanced Training |
Texas, USA | 15 December 1918 | |
Enlisted End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Texas, USA | 9 September 1940 | Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet |
Other Pilot training |
25 April 1941 | Flight training - Advanced Trg. | |
Based |
Bottisham | 10 February 1943 - 13 August 1943 | Assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
Bottisham | 13 August 1943 - 20 September 1944 | Re-assigned to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
Bottisham | 20 September 1944 - 3 November 1944 | Re-assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
Bottisham | 3 November 1944 - 1 December 1944 | Re-assigned to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 1 December 1944 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
Based |
Bottisham | 15 April 1945 - 29 June 1945 | Re-assigned to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | 29 June 1945 - 1 July 1945 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died Reassigned |
Houston, TX, USA | 23 January 1995 | |
Buried |
10410 Veterans Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77038, USA | 27 January 1995 | Houston National Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA Plot: K, 0, 73A |
Oil City, LA 71061, USA |
Revisions
Combined three entries for Roy B Caviness into a single entry. This record now contains information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster on page 131 in 'Eagles of Duxford' book by Fry
361st unit history: http://361fg.com/Hist.htm