B-24 'Ginger" (41-29177) Crash Memorial
Details:
In the trees on the grassy space of the D32 turn-off into an apartment complex cul-de-sac.
Monument
A vertical stone slab bearing a brown plaque with white lettering commemorating the crash of a B-24 in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
En hommage
a l'equipage
du B-24H "Ginger"
446th Bomb Group
tombe le 26 Aout 1944 a Schoeneck
et en memoire de ses membres
morts pour notre liberte.
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1/Lt Ralph V. Schaffer KIA 2/Lt George Lesko F/O Norman H. Phillips Sgt Jack W. Statton KIA T/Sgt Charles E. Wyatt KIA S/Sgt Frank W. Loichinger Sgt Albert H. Lang Sgt Ted Zemonek KIA Pvt Jack A. Maxwell KIA Sgt Willard R. Fetterhof KIA
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English translation:
In memory of the 446th Bomb Group crew of the B-24H "Ginger" that crashed in Schoeneck on August 26th 1944 and in thanks to those that died for our freedom.
Commemorates:
People:
Willard Rusell, Sr. Fetterhoff
Units:
446th Bomb Group
706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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