James Vere Cavender | American Air Museum

James Vere Cavender Jr

Military

Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Awards:

Post war: Earned a BS in Chemistry at Texas A&M University, subsequently entering a long career as a research chemist with Monsanto St. Louis, MO.

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	San Antonio, TX, USA	10 October 1922	Son of James Vere and Augusta Bernadine [Kaiser] Cavender.
Enlisted	53 Military Plaza, Universal City, TX 78148, USA	28 October 1942	Randolph Field Texas
Based	Steeple Morden	17 August 1944 - 9 November 1944	Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Based Detached Service to AAF Station no. 582 (Warton)	Warton	9 November 1944 - 9 December 1944	Detached Service to AAF Station 582 (Warton)
Other Promotion	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK	9 November 1944	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Other Returned	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK	9 December 1944	Returned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	Texas City, TX, USA	25 March 2012
Buried	Webster, TX, USA	29 March 2012	Forest Park East Cemetery Webster Harris County TX
Other End of War	Europe
	Bexar County, TX, USA

Date16 Dec 2017 13:51:57

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:56

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list