Everett Maurice Cayford

Military
media-23186.jpeg 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.

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Object Number - 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...

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

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28778

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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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

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Object number: UPL 23186 - Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th...