Havermeyer

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Havermeyer is a fictional character from the novel Catch-22. According to Colonel Cathcart he is "the best damn bombardier we've got." This was because he insisted on flying his plane dead straight to, over, and past the target despite any anti-aircraft fire he receives. This is starkly contrasted with Yossarian's strategy of wild maneuvering, mission be damned. Although seemingly the most brave, calculating airman, it is later revealed that, in private, Havermeyer has become completely twisted by his experience at war. We see this most at the end of Chapter 3 in which Havermeyer takes sadistic pleasure in the shooting of field mice.Template:Fict-char-stub