Cecil E Manning Sr
Military
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. |
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
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