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Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. 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.
Awards: PH
Military | Captain | Bombardier; Nose Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Returning from 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. Sole survivor from A/C. WIA / RTD. MACR 6984
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. 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
Awards: PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
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
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. 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
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
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...
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-Y] Kimbolton 8/6/44; on return from mission 19/6/44 with Armand Ramcitti, Co-pilot: Bill Hager, Navigator: Don Watson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Tognazzini...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Cemetery
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Graceville, Minnesota | 18 March 1921 |
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Son of Andrew G and Eleanor A Oaks. |
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| Lived in | White Bear, MN | 1942 |
| Based | Kimbolton | 1944 – 19 June 1944 |
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Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Thames Estuary | 19 June 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984 |
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| Buried | Cambridge American Cemetery | July 1944 |
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Cambridge American Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 31 January 2021 21:06:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293019/warren-george-oaks |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 January 2021 18:13:49 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added some punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 August 2019 03:31:33 | madmitch56 | Changes to person associations |
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Mitch Peeke. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 August 2019 03:28:41 | madmitch56 | Changes to biography |
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Mitch Peeke. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 June 2019 18:37:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28680891 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th page 395/ MACR6984 |
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