Cecil E Manning Sr
Military
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. Brandenburg, ?M. Thorpe?, Albert Schlegel and George Carpenter.
On the fuselage L to R: Roy Evans, Fonzo "Snuffy" Smith, Cadman V. Padgett, ?Ernest Beatie?, James Steel and ??. Roger Freeman Collection
Most of the names show up in the Little Friends database as sssigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron.
Object Number - FRE 52 - 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...
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.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Eudora, AR 71640, USA | 20 June 1920 | Son of John Dee and Ossie [Gregory] Manning. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 July 1943 - 6 March 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 8 October 1943 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Other 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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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 6 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
Lake Providence, LA 71254, USA | 23 November 2006 | |
| Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Enlisted |
Canada | Joined RCAF. | |
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Other Training RCAF / Attached RAF |
United Kingdom | Trained with RCAF, shipped out to England. Attached to RAF. | |
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Other Transferred |
England, UK | Transferred to USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Kilbourne, LA 71263, USA | Kilbourne Cemetery Kilbourne West Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA. |
Revisions
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
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
