Major ---- de Coverley - Definition and Overview

A character in the Joseph Heller novel Catch-22 with a terrifying visage - so much so that nobody has ever managed to find out his real name. Also uncertain is the exact nature of his duties within the bomber group, but he is noted for being alongside the allied armies as they liberate an Italian city. After arriving in a newly freed city he secures residences for both the officers and enlisted men in the group, so that they might have quarters for use while on leave.

First encountered throwing horseshoes, he goes missing in combat after spearheading the liberation of an Italian city, and having the old man from the whore-house throw a flower into his eye.