Cecil Abraham Tognazzini
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke. Via Mitch Peeke.
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37298962
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
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.findagrave.com/memorial/56294986/cecil-abramo-tognazzini
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Via written communication from Theodore Chronopolis, sole survivor from 44-6133, FTR 19/6/1944
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https://www.fold3.com/record/85038787-cecil-a-tognazzini
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294986/cecil-a-tognazzini
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 395 Losses of the 8th & 9th