Everett Maurice Cayford
Military
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UPL 23186
Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Louis F Koch, 1Lt Thomas F Comi, Capt Robert E Lamb, 2Lt Harold Lodinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Carl E Miller, S/Sgt Everett M Cayford, S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe, S/Sgt Micheal A Koussa, S/Sgt Francis J Morello.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12019-D81703AC.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Louis F Koch, 1Lt Thomas F Comi, Capt Robert E Lamb, 2Lt Harold Lodinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Carl E Miller, S/Sgt Everett M Cayford, S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe, S/Sgt Micheal A Koussa, S/Sgt Francis J Morello.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12019-D81703AC.
Shot down on 25th mission in B-24 41-28778, 31-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft IV. During the winter of 1945 was forced to march west through Germany. Spent 3 weeks in German hospital and had surgery for appendicitis and other complications. Was liberated by Russians 28 April 1945.
AM (3 OLC), EAME, POW, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
California, USA | 7 February 1920 | |
Other Baled out |
Viernheim, Germany | 31 July 1944 | Shot down on 25th mission in B-24 41-28778, 31-Jul-44. Baled out POW. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 31 July 1944 - 28 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Maine, USA | 20 May 2000 | |
Roseville, California, USA | |||
Buried |
Skowhegan, ME 04976, USA | Southside Cemetery Skowhegan Somerset County Maine, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Dorothy Cayford / MACR 7747 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7747 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database