Monument Details

B-24G 42-78258 and B-24H 41-29291 Monument- 460th Bomber Group

Details:

In the vicinity of the Tapolca Memorial Park in the center of Tapolca.

Monument

A loosely formed dark stone stele bearing the seal of the US Army. Two American bombers from the 460th Bomb Group got shot down in bad weather over Tapolca on 30 June 1944: a B-24G�42-78258 MACR #6809 and a B-24H 41-29291 MACR #6394. The memorial has Hungarian text and the names of the aviators.

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B-24 #42-78258 crew:

Edwin W. Baylor	Co-Pilot	2nd Lt	KIA
Howard L. Cales	Gunner	Sgt	PDD
Nelson H. Champlin	Pilot	2nd Lt	KIA
Steve A. Marushok	Gunner	S/Sgt	KIA
Morton H. Osborn	Navigator	2nd Lt	EUS
Arthur J. Popa	Gunner	S/Sgt	KIA
Eugene T. Potts Jr.	Gunner	Sgt	POW
Howard E. Sexton	Gunner	Sgt	KIA
Dan E. Whistler	Gunner	Sgt	POW
Richard M. Whitaker	Bombardier	2nd Lt	KIA

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B-24 #41-29291 crew:

Alan P. Barrowcliff	Co-Pilot	2nd Lt	Rtd
Leonard Bernhardt	Gunner 6	S/Sgt	�
Marshall J. Brown	Bombardier	2nd Lt	Rtd
Elder A. Erfeldt	Pilot	2nd Lt	Rtd
Matthew L. Hendricks	Navigator	2nd Lt	Rtd
John L. Lenburg	Gunner 1	T/Sgt	Rtd
John M. Nagle Jr.	Gunner 3	S/Sgt	Rtd
Martin F. Troy	Gunner 5	S/Sgt	MIA
Rube J. Waits Jr.	Gunner 4	S/Sgt	KIA
Ralph F. Wheeler	Gunner 2	T/Sgt	KIA