Kermit Brent Cavedo

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25 missions, from March to August 1943. Last mission was to Schweinfurt. 369th BS flew 41 consecutive missions without losing an airplane. His plane named 'Fightin' Biting' was one of the first ships to bomb Norway. The crew on the Hoyoya, Norway mission were: R. A. Vinnedge (Pilot), B. E. Bryant (Co-pilot), Cavedo and David MacGhee (Navigator), Mike Zinkovich (Bombardier), P. R. Loubet (Engineer), Billy Brown (Radio), Steve Holleman (R. Waist), Fuzzy Fassig (L. Waist), Dutch Frymoyer (Ball Turret), Haas (Tail).



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Roger S Lindsay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Roy Alan Vinnedge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-72555
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Born

Richmond, Virginia 6 October 1920

Died

22 November 2017 Aged 97

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a misspelling of the word "waist" in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorLucy May
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Informed of Jerry Cavedo's passing by Ellen Robertson, reporter with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, 306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition