Cecil K Nolen

Military

KIS while on night training flight at Lewiston, MT. B-17 #42-6062 hit by lightning. All crewmen were killed.

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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

Aircraft

42-6062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 August 1943

Born

Bellaire, Ohio

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 130