Clinton H Caverne
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752085
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17069660
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39410875
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 10 April 1942 | |
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan, USA | ||
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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. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England Plot: Tablets of the Missing | ||
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 7141 Ferry Park |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources
Malcom O Dike , via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
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ContributorAAM
Changes
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