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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Joseph Cavanaugh

Hometown

Mason City, Iowa

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 405 'VANCOUVER-EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (COASTAL COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX B MK. II (W1096) CRASHED NEAR WICKEN BONHUNT, ESSEX, ENGLAND ON NOVEMBER 17, 1942. BURIED AT SAFFRON WALDEN CEMETERY, SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX, ENGLAND.