8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Jul-41. After receiving his wings, he was posted to England and attached to the Royal Air Force. In Mar-43 he transferred to the USAAF. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return target support mission, reported engine difficulties, abandoned A/C P-51B 43-6887 Leeuwarden, Holland. Capt Manning captured POW. MACR 3049.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Squadron
The 335th Fighter Squadron was the offspring of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF. Formed on 21 May 1941, No. 121 was the second of the three Eagle Squadrons composed of American volunteers flying out of England. They were known as the "Chiefs" and were...
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return target support mission, reported engine difficulties, abandoned A/C Leeuwarden, Holland. Pilot Capt Cecil Manning POW. MACR 3049.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
Assigned to Lt. Cecil Manning 4FG 335 FS September 1943 per his logbook.
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
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Born | Eudora, AR 71640, USA | 20 June 1920 |
Son of John Dee and Ossie [Gregory] Manning. |
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Lived in | Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA | 1940 |
Enlisted | Canada | July 1941 |
Joined RCAF. |
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Training RCAF / Attached RAF | United Kingdom | July 1941 – March 1943 |
Trained with RCAF, shipped out to England. Attached to RAF. |
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Transferred | England, UK | March 1943 |
Transferred to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 July 1943 – 6 March 1944 |
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Promotion | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 8 October 1943 |
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Promotion | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | January 1944 |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Abandoned A/C / baled out | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 |
Failed to Return target support mission, reported engine difficulties, abandoned A/C P-51B 43-6887 Leeuwarden, Holland. Capt Manning captured POW. MACR 3049. |
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Prisoner of War (POW) | Zagan, Poland | 6 March 1944 – 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died | Lake Providence, LA 71254, USA | 23 November 2006 |
Buried | Kilbourne, LA 71263, USA | |
Kilbourne Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 April 2016 18:17:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, role, biography, awards, events and unit associations |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MANNING&GSfn=Cecil... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 March 2015 20:44:27 | apollo11 | Changes to highest rank, biography, events and place associations |
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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:05:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3049 / MACR 3049, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |