B-24 “Miss Fortune” (42-73138) Grave Site Cenotaph
Details:
In the center of the cemetery.
A small inscribed marble flat headstone.
The headstone remembers the crew of the B-24 “Miss Fortune” (42-73138) that crashed on the nearby Dubec Hill; the crew minus one died in the crash. The crew was buried at this site until their remains were repatriated to the United States.
The Crew of “Miss Fortune” included:
KIA, and temporality buried at this location:
1st Lt. George M. “Skipper” Goddard, Jr, Pilot
1st Lt. Haig “Knady” Kandarian, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Joseph F Altemus, Navigator
1st Lt. Charles F Spickard, Jr, Bombardier
TSgt. Oscar W Houser, Engineer
SSgt. Harold C Carter, Armorer-Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. John A. “Goldy” Goldbach, Left Waist Gunner
SSgt. Roy E Hughes, Top Turret Gunner
SSgt. Wayneworth E. “lord Nelson” Nelson, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Rexford H. Rhodes, Nose Gunner
And the Survivor:
T/SGT Raymond A. Noury, Right Waist Gunner
The fallen crew members were interred together on June 16, 1950, at Jefferson Barracks St. Louis,MO in SECTION 84 SITE 148
See this website Pradlo-Nepomuk B-24 “Miss Fortune” Crash Site Memorial and Pradlo B-24 “Miss Fortune” for more on this story.
Monument Text:
The text is written in Czech and reads:
NA PAMÁTKU
AMERICKÝCH LETCŮ
+22.2.1944
The translation is:
IN MEMORY
US Aircrew
+22.2.1944
Commemorates:
People:
George Marvin “Skipper” Jr. Goddard
John Aloysius “Goldy” Goldbach
Wayneworth Evenson “Lord Nelson” Nelson
Units:
15th Air Force
343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group
47th Bomber Wing
98th Bomber Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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