Cecil Charles McNeish
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo.
Assigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Orannienburg 15-Mar-45 in B-17G 44-8746. 15-Mar-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13089
Awards: AM, PH.
AM/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39162667 / O-799342
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Osceola Hills, Pennsylvania | 7 September 1924 | Son of Lewis and Emma A [Yahner] McNeish. |
Died |
Wittenburg, Germany | 15 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Orannienburg 15-Mar-45 in B-17G 44-8746. 15-Mar-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13089 |
Buried |
Interred Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
Lavenham | 15 March 1945 | Assigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Navigator training |
Monroe Regional Airport, 5400 Operations Rd, Monroe, LA 71212, USA | Navigator training - Class 44-11 at Selman Field, Monroe. |
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ABMC, MACR 13089 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/CecilMcNeish.shtml