Richard M Cavanaugh

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media-56625.jpeg UPL 56625 S/Sgt Richard M. Cavanaugh, 95BG.

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Object Number - UPL 56625 - S/Sgt Richard M. Cavanaugh, 95BG.

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Malcolm Blanchar MacKinnon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12035122 / O-389270
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ground crew of the 95th Bomb Group attend to an explosion caused whilst loading bombs into a B-17 Flying Fortress at Alconbury. Aircraft pictured are: B-17F (serial number 42-29808) and B-17F (serial number 42-29706) nicknamed "Passion Flower" (after the Disney character from 'Bambi')- both were written off as a result of the explosion. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-25287 AG Planes 3 and 4 (later) in foreground were damaged beyond repair. The scene of the explosion, which ocurred as bombs were loaded in

42-29685

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-29693

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesone Polecat
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, Missouri, USA 17 November 1908 Son of Michael J. and Margaret [Sullivan] Cavanaugh.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 20 July 1942 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Died

North Sea 11 June 1943 Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Horham 11 June 1943 Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Kansas City, MO Husband to Opal Cavanaugh.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

Buried

Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, MO Memorialised Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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