B-24 (42-78092) ‘Old Gran-Dad's Dream’ Memorial
Details:
On the Chemin de Mal-Batie southeast of Courthezon.
Monument
A rough-hewn rock bearing a black and grey plaque with gold lettering commemorating the US airmen that crashed in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
A la memoire de l'equipage du B-24 abattu le 27 Mai 1944
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S/Lt Rhodes Parrish |
S/Sgt Paul Bunnell |
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S/Lt Ralph Baker |
S/Sgt Edward Alfano |
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S/Lt Frank Staron |
S/Sgt Louis Bugaisky |
|
S/Lt Jesse Ward |
S/Sgt Hershel Hudgins |
|
T/Sgt Robert Wise |
S/Sgt James Johnston |
English translation:
In memory of the B-24 crew shot down on May 27th 1944
|
S/Lt Rhodes Parrish |
S/Sgt Paul Bunnell |
|
S/Lt Ralph Baker |
S/Sgt Edward Alfano |
|
S/Lt Frank Staron |
S/Sgt Louis Bugaisky |
|
S/Lt Jesse Ward |
S/Sgt Hershel Hudgins |
|
T/Sgt Robert Wise |
S/Sgt James Johnston |
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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