B-17 (42-31325) Monument
Details:
Off the Rue de Broyes in the town hall gardens.
Monument
A stone frame supporting a black plaque bearing inscriptions of US airmen that crashed in the area during WWII.
The monument remembers the crew of B-17 (42-31325) of the 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force that was shot down after a mission to Frankfurt on February 8, 1944. One of the crew, Abe Rosenthal was KIA, there others either evaded capture or were captured and went to POW camps.
Monument Text:
A la mémoire d'Abraham W. ROSENTHAL
membre de l'equipage du B-17 tombé
sur le territoire de la commune
le 08 Février 1944
452nd Bomb Group de la 8th Air Force Américaine
|
2nd Lt Lorenzi |
évadé |
|
2nd Lt Costello |
évadé |
|
2nd Lt Packer |
évadé |
|
2nd Lt Rosenthal |
mort au combat |
|
T/Sgt Sweeney |
évadé |
|
S/Sgt Kirby |
prisonnier |
|
S/Sgt Lentz |
prisonnier |
|
S/Sgt Fischer |
prisonnier |
|
S/Sgt Tinker |
prisonnier |
|
S/Sgt Gilman |
prisonnier |
English translation:
In memory of US airman Abraham W. Rosenthal,
crew member of the B-17
that crashed in the community on
February 8th 1944
452nd BG 8th USAAF
2nd Lt Lorenzi escaped
2nd Lt Costello escaped
2nd Lt Packer escaped
2nd Lt Rosenthal KIA
T/Sgt Sweeney escaped
S/Sgt Kirby POW
S/Sgt Lentz POW
S/Sgt Fischer POW
S/Sgt Tinker POW
S/Sgt Gilman POW
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
730th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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