Clinton H Caverne

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-6414.jpeg UPL 6414 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.
466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6414 - 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....

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34118321
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16064435
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39560152
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693525
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-698757
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ole Tom Cat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 10 April 1942

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 9 April 1944 Lost after having to ditch B-24H-15-FO #42-52555 in the North Sea due to battle damage.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England Plot: Tablets of the Missing

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 7141 Ferry Park

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Malcom O Dike , via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Page at ABMC

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

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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