B-17 Crash Info Sign
Details:
The leftmost of the three memorial objects at the site.
A plexiglass information panel in a wooden frame describes the history of the site.
Monument Text:
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Maquette du B 17 Queen of the air |
Ce mémorial est dédié aux members de l’ equipage d’un avion du type Boeing B-17G Forteresse volante de l’ US Air Force tombé le 27 Mai 1944 à quelques centaines de mètres de là. Cet avion faisait partie du 351st Bomb Group 510th Squadron. Il portrait le matricula 42-31975 et avait comme surnom « Queen of the air ». Il fut abattu par un avion Allemand du type Messerschmitt 109 qui attaquait la formation Américaine au-dessus de Corcieux. |
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L'équipage |
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Pilote |
1st Lt Horace Hopkins + |
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Copilote |
2nd Lt Everet Halle + |
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Navigateur |
Sgt Richard Atwood + |
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Bombardier |
2nd Lt Carl Habecker + |
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Mécanicien |
Sgt Dwight Suddock POW |
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Radio |
Sgt William Stroh évadé |
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Mitrailleur |
Sgt Samuel Snyder + |
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Mitrailleur |
Avondle Willhite + |
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Mitrailleur |
Sgt Lyle Norquist + |
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Mitrailleur |
Sgt Norman Bruning + |
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P 51 Mustang du 357 éme Fighter Group |
Les débris du moteur exposés proviennent d’ un avion de chasse du type P 51 Mustang. Un avion de ce type immatriculé 43-6653 du 357 Fighter Group est tombé le même jour que le B 17 non loin d’ ici. Il était piloté par le Lt Thomas L. Harris qui fut fait prisonnier. Un autre avion du même groupe piloté par le Lieutenant Dean N. Post est tombé à Xéfosse. Un des plus grand As Allemand, le major Horst Garganico devait périr en combat aérien non loin d 'ici. Ceci prouve l’intensité des combats aérien (elligible) journée du Mai 1944. |
English Translation:
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Model of the B 17 Queen of the air |
This memorial is dedicated to the members of the crew of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft of the US Air Force that fell on May 27, 1944, a few hundred meters from here. This plane was part of the 351st Bomb Group 510th Squadron. It was marked 42-31975 and had the nickname "Queen of the air". It was shot down by a German Messerschmitt 109 that was attacking the American formation over Corcieux. |
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The Crew |
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Pilot |
1st Lt Horace Hopkins + |
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Co-pilot |
2nd Lt Everet Halle + |
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Navigator |
Sgt Richard Atwood + |
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Bombardier |
2nd Lt Carl Habecker + |
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Mechanic |
Sgt Dwight Suddock POW |
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Radio |
Sgt William Stroh évadé |
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Machine Gunner |
Sgt Samuel Snyder + |
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Machine Gunner |
Avondle Willhite + |
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Machine Gunner |
Sgt Lyle Norquist + |
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Machine Gunner |
Sgt Norman Bruning + |
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P 51 Mustang of the 357th Fighter Group |
The exposed engine debris is from a P 51 Mustang fighter aircraft. A P 51 Mustang, registration number 43-6653 of the 357 Fighter Group, went down on the same day as the B 17 not far from here. It was flown by Lt Thomas L. Harris who was taken prisoner. Another plane of the same group flown by Lt. Dean N. Post went down at Xéfosse. One of the greatest German Aces, Major Horst Garganico, was killed in aerial combat not far from here. This proves the intensity of the aerial combat that day in May 1944. |
Commemorates:
People:
Avondle Louis “Curley” Willhite
Units:
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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