Ens. E.H. Caywood, Navy pilot, has been reported missing in action on July 10, according to word received today by his mother, Mrs. Annie Caywood, from Admiral Randall Jacobs of the Navy Department. Ensign Caywood took his training at the University of Texas and at the University of Houston and his flying training at Corpus Christi and at Pensacola, Fla. He had been in the service more than three years. In a recent letter to his mother, Ensign Caywood said they were flying over the Japanese homeland. The Eagle, Bryan, Texas, August 1, 1945
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Mrs. Ann Caywood who resides at the Commercial Hotel received today additional information concerning her son, Ensign E.H. Caywood, USNR, from H.B. Atkinson, Commander USNR, Officer in Charge, Casualty Section at Washington, D.C. Ensign Caywood has been in the missing status since July 10th following a strafing attack on an enemy airfield. The letter stated that Ensign Caywood's plane was seen to burst into flames at approximately 500 feet, and crash into a river. One eye witness questioned said he saw a partly opened parachute fall at the side of the river, it is believed the parachute could have opened enough to break the fall. Two other pilots questioned stated that they saw Ens. Caywood's parachute streaming but it did not open before he hit the ground. Mrs. Caywood was assured that every bit of additional information gotten would be promptly sent to her. The Eagle, Bryan, Texas, August 21, 1945
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The remains of E.H. Caywood, who lost his life in action July 10, 1945, while on a bombing mission over Japan, were laid to rest in a beautiful bronze urn in his mother's family lot at Bryan, Texas, last Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 1949, at 3 o'clock. . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1949 Page: 1 of 12 . . .
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