Henry Seaver Caballero
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11085076
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16084794
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20360907 at enlistment, then O-795829
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Orange, Essex County, New Jersey | 22 November 1920 | |
Enlisted |
7 August 1942 | Newark, New Jersey | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
15 September 1943 | in the crash of B-17 # 42-3437, near St Germain-en-Laye, France | |
Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey | |||
Buried |
initially buried at Viroflay, France | ||
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | after the war his remains were transferred to Epinal, where he rests at Plot B, Row 4, Grave 15 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726; Snetterton Falcons, pg 52 and 59