Ernest George Cicogna Jr
MilitaryAssigned 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
- 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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-440624
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
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