61 Americans Plaque
Details:
In the plot in the back left corner of the cemetery. Plaque
A grey metal plaque which commemorates 60 American aviators and a civilian. The airmen had lost their lives after being forced down in the Swiss territory or died while being interned in the country.
Per the Swiss Internee Association Website, 21 American Servicemen being interned in Switzerland, worked to maintain the cemetery until the end of the WW2.
Special thanks for the B-17 Museum in Utzenstrorf, Switzerland for the photos of this memorial and for information concerning Americans interned in Switzerland during the war.
For more on the B-17 Museum Utzenstorf and the US Service members interned in Switzerland, see the museum website at https://www.b17museum.ch
Monument Text:
AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SIXTY-ONE YOUNG
AMERICANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 1943-1945
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
PRESENTED BY LELAND HARRISON
AMERICAN MINISTER TO SWITZERLAND
MAY 30, 1946
Commemorates:
People:
Johannes Andreas “John” Boardsen
Leonard Joseph “Leo”, Jr. Hoffmann
Units:
100th Bomber Group
15th Air Force
306th Bombardment Group
310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group
347th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, Heavy
350th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy
351st Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy
407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
416th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, Heavy
429th Bomber Squadron, 2nd Bomber Group, Heavy
545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Heavy
547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group
559th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium
714th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, Heavy
722nd Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
723rd Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
748th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group
780th Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
Air Base Depot 1
Swiss Internees (POWs)
Wars:
WWII
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