B24 (41-29371) Crash Marker -466th Bomber Group
Details:
In the field just off of the road.
Marker
A rough fieldstone on which is mounted a dark plaque with gold lettering in French and English. The monument marks the spot where the B-24 (B-24 Liberator 41-29371 “Crippled Bitch”) went down, killing 6 members of the crew as they were bombing the nearby airfield of Brétigny-sur-Orge. The plane was part of the 786th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group flying out of Station 120 Attlebridge in Norfolk, UK.
Monument Text:
EN HOMMAGE AUX 10 MEMBRES DE L'EQUIPAGE
DU BOMBARDIER AMERICAIN B.24 LIBERATOR
ABATTU ICI LE 25 JUIN 1944
PROVOQUANT LA MORT DE 6 D'ENTRE EUX.
IN TRIBUTE TO THE 10 MEMBERS OF THE CREW
OF THE AMERICAN BOMBER B.24 LIBERATOR
SHOT DOWN HERE ON JUNE 25, 1944
KILLING SIX OF THEM.
MORTS AU COMBAT / K I A
LT O.A. WEEKLUND (MIA) | SGT K. B. BROOKSHIER |
LT K. W. LANGENMAYR | SGT E. L. BELLEVILLE |
LT E. L. COCKRILL | SGT M.T. VERGES |
PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / P O W
SGT F.P. LEBLAND | SGT W. C. WIXTED |
SGT D. R. FIRZGIBBONS | SGT W. J. SCHMIDT |
Commemorates:
People:
Maurice T. "Junior", Jr. Verges
Units:
466th Bomber Group, Heavy
786th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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