James Vere Cavender Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards:
Post war: Earned a BS in Chemistry at Texas A&M University, subsequently entering a long career as a research chemist with Monsanto St. Louis, MO.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Maintenance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 10 October 1922 | Son of James Vere and Augusta Bernadine [Kaiser] Cavender. |
Enlisted |
53 Military Plaza, Universal City, TX 78148, USA | 28 October 1942 | Randolph Field Texas |
Based |
Steeple Morden | 17 August 1944 - 9 November 1944 | Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based Detached Service to AAF Station no. 582 (Warton) |
Warton | 9 November 1944 - 9 December 1944 | Detached Service to AAF Station 582 (Warton) |
Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 9 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Returned |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 9 December 1944 | Returned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Texas City, TX, USA | 25 March 2012 | |
Buried |
Webster, TX, USA | 29 March 2012 | Forest Park East Cemetery Webster Harris County TX |
Other End of War |
Europe | ||
Bexar County, TX, USA |
Revisions
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http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=James…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87490825/james-vere-cavender
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list