Cecil Abraham Tognazzini
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Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984. Cecil's body was never recovered.
Awards: PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035502 / O-759660
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716559
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Guadalupe, CA | 8 February 1913 | Son of Abraham and Olympia M [Georgia] Tognazzini. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 9 October 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Died |
Thames Estuary | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984 |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs. | ||
Based |
Kimbolton | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, CA | Memorialised San Luis Cemetery San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California |
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Via written communication from Theodore Chronopolis, sole survivor from 44-6133, FTR 19/6/1944
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 395 Losses of the 8th & 9th