Wilson Witman Cain

Military

Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid in B-24 42-40208 'Sad Sack' with William Banks crew. ETD



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40208

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Sad Sack
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Middletown, PA 19 April 1919 Son of Maurice W and Panzie Pearl [Hetrick] Cain.

Died

Newport News, VA 13 November 1972

Buried/ Commemorated

Hillsdale Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, PA 17 November 1972 Hillsdale Cemetery Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Other

Based

Benghazi, Libya Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/109981830
https://www.fold3.com/image/541095523
https://www.fold3.com/record/86712449-wilson-w-cain
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18916685/wilson-whitman-cain