Monument Details

B-24 'Hell's Angel' Crash Marker

Details:

On the south side of the road, in the grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. Placed at the west side beside a cross and another stone marker. Marker

A granite stone marker in the shape of the tail of an airplane. It memorializes six fallen American aviators and one civilian victim in the area.

Monument Text:

LOTNICY AMERYKAŃSCY

POLEGLI W ZYGODOWICACH

13.1X.1944 R.

KPT. WILIAM C. LAWRENCE

POR. MATTHEW W. HALL

SIERŻ. EVERETT L. MAC DONALD

SIERŻ. WILLIAM T. EGGERS

SIERŻ. ARTHUR E. NITSCHE

SIERŻ. LEWIS L. KAPLAN

CYWILNA OFIARA KATASTROFY:

MARIA Z OPALIŃSKICH-CICHOŃ

NIECH PAMIĘĆ O NICH TRW A

TUTAJ ZAWSZE

English Translation:

AMERICAN AVIATORS

KILLED IN ZYGODOWICE

13 September 1944

CPT. WILIAM C. LAWRENCE

LT. MATTHEW W. HALL

SGT. EVERETT L. MAC DONALD

SGT. WILLIAM T. EGGERS

SGT. ARTHUR E. NITSCHE

SGT. LEWIS L. KAPLAN

CIVIL DISASTER VICTIM:

MARIA Z OPALIŃSKIE-CICHOŃ

REMEMBER THEM

HERE ALWAYS

Commemorates:

People:

Units:

15th Air Force

831st Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group (Heavy)

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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