James Davis
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52555 "Ol' Tom Cat", Killed in Action (KIA).
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Clinton H Caverne
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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CAVERNE, Clinton H. 2LT O-686987 Air Medal Certificate DAF GO# 47 15 Dec 53 (Retroactive to WWII Service)
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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 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
In Memoriam
'Lt. Caverne a partner in transition B-24 Training at [illegible] KS, 1943. A Fine man and a good friend, lost somewhere over the North Sea. The ladies on the base including my wife, (men too) called him-"A Real Gentleman"!'
Remembered by Malcom O Dike Garden Grove, CA
Service
People
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Stephen Forton
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 42-52555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Rolfe Lund
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 42-52555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
John Mulkern
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
John O'Brien
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52555 'Ol' Tom Cat', Killed in Action (KIA). -
Gordon Sinclair
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
William Wentz
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Wayne Zierk
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Ditched in the North Sea 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52555 Ole Tom Cat
B-24 Liberator
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 1920 |
| Enlisted | Detroit, MI, USA | 1942 |
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7141 Ferry Park |
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| Enlisted | Detroit, MI, USA | 10 April 1942 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | North Sea | 9 April 1944 |
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Lost after having to ditch B-24H-15-FO #42-52555 in the North Sea due to battle damage. |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 June 2015 02:42:07 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 November 2014 11:25:28 | Emily | Changes to service number, memoriam, awards, events and place associations |
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Malcom O Dike , via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence. Page at ABMC |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:32 | 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 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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