Cedric Colby Cole

Military

Cedric Cole was Radio Operator on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Lawrence John Scheiding

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16092460
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George Napier Spaven

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13014831 / O-531028
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James Homer Wedding

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33192630
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert Lyndel Zedeker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811278
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Born

18 July 1922 near Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, United States

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Prisoner of War (POW)

22 April 1944 Captured in Ostenfelde, Germany. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 4 June 1945.”

Died

3 September 2008 Lebanon, Illinois
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois

Buried

Cedric Cole rests at the College Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Illinois

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NARA POW record - added date of end of captivity

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MACR 4180
WWII POW records
Downed Allied Aircraft Kampfflugzeug Unterlagen (KU) Reports KU 1487 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139542878
VA Gravesite locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File

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MACR 4180

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4180 / MACR 4180, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &

href="http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database