B-17 'Hot Rocks' (42-31560) Crash Site Memorial
Details:
In the woods to the E of the Route d'Angevillers.
Marker
A rectangular stone slab supporting a replica of a bomber's tail and a small boulder supporting a black triangular plaque with gold lettering commemorating the crew of the B-17 (42-31560) "Hot Rocks" that crashed there during WWII.
Monument Text:
En memoire de
l'equipage du B 17
qui s'est ecrase ici le 8.9.1944
N'oublions pas ces hommes, nos liberateurs
Moselle River 1944-2010
English translation:
In memory of
the B-17 crew
that crashed here on September 8th 1944
Let us not forget these men, our liberators
Moselle River 1944-2010
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
351st Bomber Group
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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