Dennis Albert Cavanaugh
Military
Object Number - UPL 30955 - Lt. Dennis A Cavanaugh. 38th Fighter Squadron. P-51D CG-I "Missouri Banshee".
Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew P-51D CG-I "Missouri Banshee". Transferred ?
Aards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Photo [Flight training graduation] -
http://wwiiflighttraining.org/Cadets/Class1944/1944a/images/blasko_john…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Genesee County, MI, USA | 1 February 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Lansing, MI, USA | 15 December 1942 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 2 March 1945 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed shared |
Celle, Germany | 7 April 1945 | Shared destroyed Me109 Celle 7-Apr-45. |
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Died |
Flushing, MI 48433, USA | 15 May 1997 | |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred ? | ||
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Buried |
Great Lakes National Cemetery, 4200 Belford Rd, Holly, MI 48442, USA | Great Lakes National Cemetery Holly Oakland County Michigan | |
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Other Flight training - Graduated |
Spence Field Campgrounds, W Yount St, Moultrie, GA 31788, USA | Class 44A Spence Field |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/46556590-dennis-a-cavanaugh
https://www.fold3.com/page/84489506-dennis-a-cavanaugh/facts
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_055.php
Last Flight of the Luftwaffe By Adrian Weir
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Encounter%20Reports.htm#1945 Encounter Reports
http://wwiiflighttraining.org/?page_id=721
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26860303/dennis-a-cavanaugh
