Name:
Acle Bronston Caywood
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
35265263
Unit:
574th Bomber Squadron, 391st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-07
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
D
Row:
O
Grave:
146
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Acle Bronston Caywood, gunner of the B-26 Marauder 42-95851 “Vivacious Veronica”, took off from station 166 in Matching Green, Essex, UK on a bombing mission over Nogent-le-Roi’s bridge. The plane was shot down by flak at 1910. Only SSgt Hanzl survived.