B-17 'High Ball' (42-29847) Memorial
Details:
In the northern section of the church park, at the walkway roundabout.
Monument
A vertical stone slab surrounded on three sides by a wooden fence bearing an engraving commemorating the airmen of the B-17 'High Ball" (42-29847) that crashed on June 28, 1943 nearby during WWII.
Monument Text:
8th Air Force
351st BG 511th BS
en hommage
a l'equipage du B 17
HIGH BALL
tombe a Muzillac le 28 Juin 1943
R.W. ADAMS
E.L. BRANNEN tue
W.W. CLAGETT
G.H. GLOUDEMAN
D.F. Capper
J.P. NORMILE
R.L. SAGE
J.S. WOLFE tue
D.J. YAREFF tue
E.E. YOUNG tue
English translation:
8th Air Force
351st BG 511th BS
in homage
to the crew of the B 17
HIGH BALL
that crashed in Muzillac on June 28, 1943
R.W. ADAMS
E.L. BRANNEN killed
W.W. CLAGETT
G.H. GLOUDEMAN
D.F. Capper
J.P. NORMILE
R.L. SAGE
J.S. WOLFE killed
D.J. YAREFF killed
E.E. YOUNG killed
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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