B-17 (41-24567) 'Beats Me' Monument
Details:
Behind the town hall in the middle of the pedestrian roundabout.
Monument
A rough-hewn vertical stone slab bearing a black plaque with gold lettering commemorating the crew of the B-17 that crashed in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
8TH US AIR FORCE
303RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP
360TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON
EN SOUVENIR DES VICTIMES DU CRASH
DU B-17-F "BEATS ME"
LE 23-01-1943
Joseph E. HAAS
Roy W. CHRISTIANSON
Antone PACHECO
Peter SORIA
Jerry W. DOBBINS
John H. SHERMAN
Wayne O. STEVENS
INAUGURE PAR Charles L. ROTH
RADIO RESCAPE DU "BEATS ME"
LE 05-11-1994
English translation:
8TH US AIR FORCE
303RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP
360TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON
IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CRASH
OF THE B-17-F "BEATS ME"
ON 23-01-1943
Joseph E. HAAS
Roy W. CHRISTIANSON
Antone PACHECO
Peter SORIA
Jerry W. DOBBINS
John H. SHERMAN
Wayne O. STEVENS
INAUGURATED BY Charles L. ROTH
RADIOMAN AND SURVIVOR OF THE "BEATS ME" CRASH
ON 05-11-1994
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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