B24 Liberator 'Repulser' (41-28843) Crash Marker
Details:
On the south side of WW1/WW2 Cross of the churchyard. Marker
A marble stone set on ground, inscribed in English memorializing the crew of the B24 Liberator 843. On April 22 1944, 26 United States Air Force planes took off from Seething Airfield in south Norfolk but before B24 Liberator 843 landed back in Norfolk after a successful bombing mission over Germany, it was shot down over Kessingland, near Lowestoft. The plane burst into flames and crashed in a field to the south of the village.
Photo source: www.geograph.org.uk
Monument Text:
In Memory Of The American Aircrew
Who Lost Their Lives When Their
Liberator Aircraft Crashed At
Kessingland On April 22nd 1944
Crew Of B24 "Repulser"
Pilot | 2nd Lt Eugene V. Pulcipher | Gunner | S/Sgt William H. Durant |
Co-Pilot | 2nd Lt Elmer P. Meier | Gunner | Sgt William S. Davis |
Navigator | 2nd Lt George S. Fahr | Gunner | S/Sgt James R. Hardin |
Bombardier | 2nd Lt William Carcelli | Gunner | Sgt Maynard H. Young |
Radio Op | S/Sgt Chester J. Romanosky | Gunner | Sgt Carl E. Spellman |
We Will Remember Them
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
448th Bomber Group (Heavy)
715th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII