Edward J Cieply

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37345.jpeg UPL 37345 392nd Bomb Group, 577th Bomb Squadron. Edward J. Cieply Crew.

Standing (left to Right) :
Pilot: Edward J. Cieply
Copilot: Lee M. Brooks
Otto J. Griesar
Marcelli

Kneeling (left to right):
Flight Engineer: Leslie F. Cannon
Radio Operator: George W. Cade Jr
Waist Gunner: Arthur G. Montez
Long?
Waist Gunner: William D. Kinsinger
Long? Moritz Schmieden

Moritz Schmieden at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/hochwald-nahe.html

Object Number - UPL 37345 - 392nd Bomb Group, 577th Bomb Squadron. Edward J. Cieply Crew. Standing (left to Right) : Pilot: Edward J. Cieply Copilot: Lee M. Brooks Otto...

Shot down 2 December 1944 in B-24 42-50323. Killed in Action (KIA).



" The third B-24 shot down by German fighter planes of IV./JG 3 during the attack on the Bingen marshalling yard on 2 December 1944 was that of pilot Edward J. Cieply of 392 BG (577 BS). It exploded in mid-air after the fighter fire, the wreckage fell in a radius of 3 km near Stipshausen (5 km southwest of Rhaunen im Hunsrück). All 9 crewmembers perished".

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50323

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Stipshausen, Germany 2 December 1944

Born

Rossford, Ohio, USA

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Sources

http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=284;

Sammlung Jan Hey at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/hochwald-nahe.html

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11138 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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