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B-24 Liberator (42-50453) Monument

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At the far edge of the main town square.

Monument
A stone statue of a man with blue spikes shooting up around him and some plaques commemorating the crew of the B-24 that crashed in the area during WWII: B-24 (42-50453) of the 701th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group.

Monument Text:

701 BSQ 445 BGP 8 AF
Bomber 42-50453

A l'equipage US du bombardier B-24 tombe le 11-12-1944


English translation:

701st BS 445th BG 8th AF
Bomber 42-50453

To the crew of the US B-24 bomber that crashed on December 11th 1944

Commemorates:

People:

Henry Theodore "Ted" Ahlin

Sherman Joseph Andrews

Lewis Melvin Archer

William T., Jr. Carroll

William L. Elliott

Richard Paul Klopfenstein

Henry C., Jr. Lewis

John J. McGuire

Samuel Dewey, Jr. Stanfield

Units:

445th Bomber Group (Heavy)

701st Bomb Squadon, 445th Bomb Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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