The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Thomas R. Caylor
Rank
Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
May 7, 1954
Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman Caylor was the flight deck technician of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.