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Henry Seaver Caballero

Military

Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

Service

People

  • Lawrence Dube

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • George Frank

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Elwin McMahon

    Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA). ...

  • Donald Reid

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • James Richardson

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Rodolphe Richer

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator/Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Evaded with the help of French civilians and Résistance members - Escape and Evasion Report E&E 255.

  • Joseph Scarano

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Elmer Smith

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Lonnie Turner

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • 42-3437 EXCALIBURS REVENGE

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Denver 18/6/43; Dow Fd 22/7/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 27/7/43. Hit by Flak over Paris on 15 September 1943 with Pilot James V. Richardson, Co-pilot: Lawrence Dube, Navigator: Elmer L. Smith, Bombardier: George W. Frank, Flight...

Missions

  • VIII Bomber Command 95

    15 September 1943
    This mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a formation of 93 B-17s from: (1BG (19); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (19); and 381BG (19) despatched to bomb the German air deport at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. 87 aircraft are...

Associated Place

  • Snetterton Heath

    Military site : airfield
    Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Orange, Essex County, New Jersey 22 November 1920
Lived in February 1942

Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey
Enlisted 7 August 1942

Newark, New Jersey
Killed In Action (KIA) 15 September 1943

in the crash of B-17 # 42-3437, near St Germain-en-Laye, France
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
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
32456949
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Waist Gunner
Awards
  • Air Medal
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
23 November 2020 09:14:24 ED-BB Changes to events
Sources

WWII Draft card
NARA WWII Enlistment record
ABMC website
Date Contributor Update
22 November 2020 14:57:41 ED-BB Changes to events
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
Date Contributor Update
21 November 2020 15:13:50 ED-BB Changes to person associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 726
Date Contributor Update
26 March 2020 03:39:16 jmoore43 Changes to biography
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Date Contributor Update
12 June 2018 05:21:28 JoanLouise Changes to surname, middlename, service number and awards
Sources

Joan Louise Caballero, Niece
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:12:35 AAM AAM ingest
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

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