B-17 'Pat Hand' (42-30607) Memorial Plaque
Details:
Located on the side of the building.
Plaque
Marble plaque with gold leaf text in French.
Monument Text:
A LA MEMOIRE DES MEMBRES DE L'EQUIPAGE
DE LA FORTERESSE VOLANTE B.17 F "PAT HAND"
96TH BOMB GROUP 337TH B.S. U.S.A.A.F
ABATTUE PAR LA DCA ALLEMANDE LE 15 SEPTEMBRE 1943
AU-DESSUS DE LA GARENNE-COLOMBES
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1LT KENNETH MURPHY * SSGT CLARENCE B HENDRICH *
2LT DAVID LACHTERMAN * SSGT RAYMOND ORLOSKI *
2LT JOHN H. JACKSON * TSGT SOL FERRUCCI
2 LT JOHN E. YOUNG * TSGT VERNON C. MULLIN *
2LT MYRON NEWELL * TSGT FRED E. SHELDON *
SSGT WILLIAM P MINGS *
TOMBES AU CHAMP D’HONNEUR POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
English translation:
In memory of the crew members of the B-17 Flying Fortress Pat Hand, shot down by the Germans on September 15 1943 over La Garenne Columbes. They fell on the battlefield for the liberation of France.
Commemorates:
People:
Frederick Edmund "Fred" Shelden
Units:
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
96th Bomber Group
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII