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B-17 (42-31173) 'Maid 2 Please' Plaque

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On the back wall of the cemetery near the monument to those killed in action in war Plaque


Granite Plaque mounted on the wall with the names of the airmen killed in action. 

The plaque remembers B-17 (42-31173) 'Maid 2 Please' which crashed nearby.  It was the first plane loss for the 447th Bomber Group.

Monument Text:

Au Coudray
le 30-Decembre 1943
Lt J Shrero **
Lt J Lamansky
L Doan
St. D Troxell



** Actual spelling is Schrero

Commemorates:

People:

Lowell Arthur Doan

Joseph John Lamansky

Julian Yale Schrero

Dee LaVern “Verne” Troxell

Units:

711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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