Ed Cave, who joined the Army Air Corp on April 15, 1941, became a B-24 “Liberator” bomber pilot and participated in the first bombing raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania on June 12, 1942. After making his bombing run (plane named the “Blue Goose”) he was forced to land in Turkey at Ankara due to the loss of one engine and fuel. Ed was interned in Turkey until January 1943 when he escaped and eventually arrived in Egypt.

Edward A. "Hawk" Cave Jr., 87, died Thursday. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, past commander of Post 31 American Legion, past member of the City Planning and Zoning Board, past president of William Clark Market House Museum, former Boy Scout Leader Troop #23, past president of the Country Club of Paducah and was a Duke of Paducah and a Kentucky Colonel. Survivors include his wife, Olivia White Cave; son, Edward A. Cave III; daughter, Shelby Cave Cobb; grandson, Addison Forrest Cobb, all of Atlanta; sister, Jane Cave Wilson of Eden, N.Y.; and four nieces and two nephews