Cecil E Rasco

Military

Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low pressure Lulu' #43-37646, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37646

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rosebud, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 November 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorPatti
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Family and documents.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10405 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database