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SSgt Cecil M. May
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SSgt Cecil M. May Veteran

Birth
Death
26 Nov 1943
Netherlands
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing
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Gunner S/Sgt. Cecil M. May MIA/KIA
Hometown: Tennessee
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # 34363322
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA

Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.

Sgt. Mays Body was not recovered.

MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Gunner S/Sgt. Cecil M. May MIA/KIA
Hometown: Tennessee
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # 34363322
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA

Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.

Sgt. Mays Body was not recovered.

MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Tennessee.


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292175/cecil_m-may: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Cecil M. May (unknown–26 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56292175, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).