George S Cavanaugh | American Air Museum

George S Cavanaugh Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #44-40112 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

856th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40112

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Flak Happy
Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of North Pickenham airfield looking south east, the technical site and control tower are at the top, 10 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC267. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

North Pickenham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: North Pick

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		20 June 1944
Born	Morgantown, West Virginia

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:12

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7074