Cecil F Weaver

Military
media-54263.jpeg UPL 54263 T/Sgt Cecil Weaver, 94BG

Via daughter Pam

Object Number - UPL 54263 - T/Sgt Cecil Weaver, 94BG

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38662 15-Mar-45; A/C crashed near Gransee, baled out Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13028



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ashe County, NC 22 August 1921

Enlisted

Camp Croft, SC 13 October 1942 Camp Croft, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 15 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Discharged USAAF

21 July 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Culpeper County, VA 25 February 2002

Buried

Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA 1 March 2002 Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13028 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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