Ernest George Cicogna Jr

Military

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Milton Rex Wingard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-440624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31091

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maggie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, NY 3 May 1924 Son of Ernest George Sr and Patricia Cicogna.

Died

Pegau, Germany 11 September 1944 Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 6 Grave 3

Based

Deenethorpe 11 September 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8920