Cecil E Manning | American Air Museum

Cecil E Manning Sr

Military

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

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

335th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-74718

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

43-6887

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Eudora, AR 71640, USA	20 June 1920	Son of John Dee and Ossie [Gregory] Manning.
Other Assigned	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	10 July 1943 - 6 March 1944	Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Promotion	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	8 October 1943	Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
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.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	6 March 1944	Prisoner of War (POW).
Died	Lake Providence, LA 71254, USA	23 November 2006
	Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA
Other Promotion	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Enlisted	Canada		Joined RCAF.
Other Training RCAF / Attached RAF	United Kingdom		Trained with RCAF, shipped out to England. Attached to RAF.
Other Transferred	England, UK		Transferred to USAAF.
Buried	Kilbourne, LA 71263, USA		Kilbourne Cemetery Kilbourne West Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA.

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2016 18:17:30

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to suffix, role, biography, awards, events and unit associations

Sources

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MANNING&GSfn=Ceci…;

Date21 Mar 2015 20:44:27

Contributorapollo11

ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, events and place associations

Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:18

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

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

Cecil E Manning: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: FRE 41 - Thunderbolt pilots of the 4th Fighter Group in the...

Object number: FRE 52 - A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting...

Object number: UPL 13996 - Captain Cecil Manning standing next to a P-47...