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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.

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A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting on or standing in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden air base. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. Standing L to R: Selden Edner, Earl Carlow, Clemens Fiedler, Leon Blanding, Frank Bayles, Charles Anderson, Bernard McGrattan, James Happel, Paul Ellington and James W, Dye. On the wing of the aircraft L to R: Don Young, Kenneth G. Smith, Don Ross, ??, Cecil E. Manning, Robert Patterson, James H. B
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044918, T-190656
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Leeuwarden, Netherlands 6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 Failed to Return target support mission, reported engine difficulties, abandoned A/C Leeuwarden, Holland. Pilot Capt Cecil Manning POW. MACR 3049.

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MACR 3049 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database