Oscar Lee Cagle Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 26464 - Oscar Lee Cagle Jr
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area support to Arnhem. Shot down at Sallsveld in P-47 42-26316. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9165.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Alabama, USA | 24 January 1923 | Son of Oscar Lee and Willie Gray Cagle. |
|
Enlisted |
Kelly St, Montgomery, AL 36112, USA | 20 October 1942 | |
|
Based |
Boxted | 4 August 1944 - 21 September 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Died |
7597 Saasveld, Netherlands | 21 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area support to Arnhem. Shot down at Sallsveld in P-47 42-26316. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9165. |
|
Buried |
7597 Saasveld, Netherlands | 22 September 1944 | Interred Sallsveld Cemetery |
|
Buried |
431 60th St N, Birmingham, AL 35212, USA | Re-Interred Forest Hill Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson Cemetery Alabama |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/page/84028081_oscar_l%20cagle%20jr/details
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763941/?terms=Oscar%20L%20cagle
https://www.fold3.com/image/318172001/?terms=Oscar%20L%20cagle
https://www.fold3.com/image/28709944
http://www.woodlawnhigh.org/TATLER/Tatler_01May2013.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143732115
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9165 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
See also: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cagle&GSfn=oscar…;
MACR 9165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
