Cecil Abraham Tognazzini

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media-39775.jpeg UPL 39775 Staff Sgt Cecil A Tognazzini, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B17 44-6133. The photo was taken by the plane's Bombardier, 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy" Chronopolis, during a training flight about a month before they left for England. Following the mid-air collision over Allhallows on June 19th 1944, Cecil's body is the only one from 44-6133's crew that was never recovered.

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Object Number - UPL 39775 - Staff Sgt Cecil A Tognazzini, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B17 44-6133. The photo was taken by the plane's Bombardier, 2nd Lt Theodore...

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984. Cecil's body was never recovered.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

John P Burke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14059710
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Theodore Chronopolos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11121261 / O-704164
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Nose Gunner

William Henry Hagar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
media-39809.pdf (159.6 KB) Document 39809 Local Newspaper cutting telling Richard Ritter's story.
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.

Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke. Via Mitch Peeke.

William J Hager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15133310 / O-701755
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Warren George Oaks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37298962
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

44-6133

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Guadalupe, CA 8 February 1913 Son of Abraham and Olympia M [Georgia] Tognazzini.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 9 October 1942 Los Angeles, California

Died

Thames Estuary 19 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs.

Based

Kimbolton 19 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, CA Memorialised San Luis Cemetery San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/311039374
https://www.fold3.com/image/629049484
https://www.fold3.com/image/87735930?rec=89714317
https://www.fold3.com/record/85038787-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.fold3.com/record/529902246-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.fold3.com/record/714784689-tognazzini-cecil-a
https://www.fold3.com/record/704413361-tognazzini-cecil-a
https://www.fold3.com/record/704413362-tognazzini-cecil-a
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294986/cecil-abramo-tognazzini
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157918597/cecil-abraham-tognazzini

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ContributorBurkey1960
ChangesChanges to nickname
Sources

Via written communication from Theodore Chronopolis, sole survivor from 44-6133, FTR 19/6/1944

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Contributormadmitch56
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Mitch Peeke.

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Contributormadmitch56
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Mitch eeke.

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Contributormadmitch56
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Mitch Peeke.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28680891
https://www.fold3.com/image/629049484
https://www.fold3.com/image/87735930?rec=89714317
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039374?rec=300977645
https://www.fold3.com/record/85038787-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.fold3.com/record/529902246-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294986/cecil-a-tognazzini

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ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28680891
https://www.fold3.com/image/629049484
https://www.fold3.com/image/87735930?rec=89714317
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039374?rec=300977645
https://www.fold3.com/record/85038787-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.fold3.com/record/529902246-cecil-a-tognazzini
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294986/cecil-a-tognazzini

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 395 Losses of the 8th & 9th

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