B-17 'Hot Rocks' (42-31560) Memorial
Details:
To the W of the lake and within sight of the amphitheater.
Monument
A large vertical red stone monument set on a stone slab bearing an engraving commemorating the B-17 that crashed in the area during WWII. B-17 'Hot Rocks' (42-31560) of the 510th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group crashed nearby on September 8, 1944; several of the crew were taken prisoners or killed; one crew member escaped capture.
Monument Text:
Equipage du B-17 42-31560
| DECEDES |
PRISONNIERS | S/Sgt Cooper Dewey |
2nd Lt Shera George | Sgt Jancsak Edward |
2nd Lt Swetnam Albert | S/Sgt Van Wirt Wallace |
F/O Loverde Stephen |
|
F/O Mason Richard | EVADE |
Sgt Hagans Robert | Sgt Freeman Donald |
Ne les oublions pas
Nous leur devons notre liberte
★
En hommage a l'equipage du bombardier B-17
qui s'est ecrase le 8 Septembre 1944 sur la colline du St. Michel
In memory of American and Allied airmen
who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom
A la memoire du sacrifice des aviateurs Americains et Allies
tombes pour notre liberte
Moselle River 1944-Juin 2010
English translation:
Crew of the B-17 42-31560
| DECEASED |
PRISONERS | S/Sgt Cooper Dewey |
2nd Lt Shera George | Sgt Jancsak Edward |
2nd Lt Swetnam Albert | S/Sgt Van Wirt Wallace |
F/O Loverde Stephen |
|
F/O Mason Richard | ESCAPED |
Sgt Hagans Robert | Sgt Freeman Donald |
We won't forget
they gave us our liberty
★
In tribute to the crew of the B-17 bomber
which crashed on September 8, 1944 on the hill of St. Michel
A la memoire du sacrifice des aviateurs Americains et Allies tombes pour notre liberte
| = | In memory of American and Allied airmen who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom |
Moselle River 1944-June 2010
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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