Member of Dolloff crew



Ronald Ames Cargill won his wings and was commissioned a Flight Officer in May of 1944. He was promoted to a Lieutenant prior to his departure for England in December with the 851st Bomb Squadron. On Sunday morning, February 25, 1945, after having been awarded the Air Medal for the completion of ten missions, nine of which had been flown in eleven days, Lieutenant Cargill and his crew were over Munich at 25,000 feet when his Fortress was hit by flak after releasing their bombs. Ronald was killed instantly when hit by shrapnel. The rest of the crew was uninjured and landed in Nancy, France. Ronald was initially buried in the cemetery at Limey, France.