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B-24 (41-29382) Crew Members Plaque

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Details:

60 to 80m into the forest past the roadside monument.

Plaque
A fenced-in tree and stone grave flanked by two flag poles bearing a brown plaque with white lettering commemorating the US airmen that crashed there during WWII.

Monument Text:

A LA MÉMOIRE DE L'ÉQUIPAGE

DU "LIBERATOR" ABATTU LE 25 MAI 1944

 

2nd Lieutenant

William O. TROTTER

Pilote

Captain

Robert F. MAC CARTY

Co-Pilote

Flight Officer

Harry E. LOVELLE

Navigateur

2nd Lieutenant

Leonard L. MEYER

Bombardier

Technical-Sergeant

Robert T. GRISSETT

Mécanicien

Technical-Sergeant

Robert A. JENIOR

Radio

Staff-Sergeant

John E. BECK

Mitrailleur

Staff-Sergeant

Dale W. JONES

Mitrailleur

Staff-Sergeant

Paul J. HAMLIN Jr

Mitrailleur

Staff-Sergeant

Oakley E. CASEY

Mitrailleur

 

Six d' entre eux ont été provisoirement ensevelis ici

 

 

English translation:

 

IN MEMORY OF THE CREW

OF THE "LIBERATOR" SHOT DOWN ON MAY 25 1944

 

2nd Lieutenant

William O. TROTTER

Pilot

Captain

Robert F. MAC CARTY

Co-pilot

Flight Officer

Harry E. LOVELLE

Navigator

2nd Lieutenant

Leonard L. MEYER

Bombardier

Technical-Sergeant

Robert T. GRISSETT

Mechanic

Technical-Sergeant

Robert A. JENIOR

Radio

Staff-Sergeant

John E. BECK

Gunner

Staff-Sergeant

Dale W. JONES

Machine gunner

Staff-Sergeant

Paul J. HAMLIN Jr

Machine gunner

Staff-Sergeant

Oakley E. CASEY

Machine gunner

 

Six of them were temporarily buried here.

 

Commemorates:

People:

John E. Beck

Oakley E. Casey

Robert Thomas Grissett

Paul Joseph Jr. Hamlin

Robert A. Jenior

Dale W. Jones

Harry E. Lovelle

Robert Frederick McCarty

Leonard L.  Meyer

William Oliver Trotter

Units:

777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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