Clinton Caverne
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Stephen W Forton Jr
Military
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Crew 517 Marney Mason/Clinton Caverne CREW Standing Left to Right: James R. Easton (TG), Rolfe E. Lund (LWG), William F. Wentz (FE), Stephen W. Forton (RWG), Olin G. Williams (R/O) Wayne H. Zierk (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Marney T. Mason (P), Clinton H. Caverne (CP/P), John G.J. O'Brien (N), John P. Mulkern (B) This crew was shot down on their first mission with Caverne acting as first pilot. Mason flew the mission with the Skaggs Crew. All the crew were KIA including Gordon Sinclair (CP) replacing Mason and James L. Davis (TG) replacing Eaton. The Skaggs crew was shot down within days and Mason was KIA. Eaton had been KIA earlier while flying with the Garrett Crew.
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Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
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FORTON, Stephen W. Jr S/SGT 16064435 Air Medal Certificate DAF GO# 47 15 Dec 1953
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MACR 3843 42-52555 "Ole Tom Cat" 466th BG | 785th BS 09 Apr 1944
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 42-52555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Marney Mason
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52582. Crashed at Hann-Strehen. Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
785th Bomb Squadron
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42-52555 Ole Tom Cat
B-24 Liberator
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | St Clair Shores, Michigan | 1922 |
| Lived in | Macomb County, MI, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Detroit, MI, USA | 1 May 1942 |
| Killed in action | North Sea | 9 April 1944 |
| Buried | 1945 | |
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No Known Grave |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 August 2016 23:01:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1200741 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 June 2015 02:55:16 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, awards, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:25:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3843 |
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