Memorial to the 42nd Bomb Wing Aviators
Details:
On the left side of the road to the Longvic airport, before the airbase.
Sandstone monument with fading letters dedicated to the memory of the USAAF soldiers killed aerial combat from the 42nd Bomber Wing during WW2.
Monument Text:
IN MEMORIAM
EN PARTANT DE CET AERODROME
CES AVIATEURS AMERICAINS
MEMBRES DU 42TH WING DE BOMBARDMENT
SONT MORTS AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR
POUR LES COMBATS DE LA LIBERATION DU SOL FRANCAIS
S/SGT EDGAR A. BEALE
SGT SOLOM M. BEAVER, JR.
S/SGT NICHOLAS BENTAS
S/SGT JOHN J. CORRADETTI
1ST LT ELMER L. CUDWORTH, JR.
SGT ARMIN J. FRANCK
S/SGT EARL L. KEITH
2ND LT LORANCE P. KRASHOWELTZ
1ST LT ARTHUR L. MC CURDY
2ND LT GENE B. MC KEMIE
S/SGT LLOYD A. RAHL
SGT JAMES C. RAYMOND
SGT WILLIAM T. REDMOND
2ND LT HAROLD H. STICKLER
1ST LT DAVIS H. TANDY
S/SGT HENRY P. TOTHAMMER, JR
F/O IRVING R. VICTORSON
2ND LT HAROLD W. YOUNG
SGT JOHN WILHELMS **
EN TEMOIGNAGE DE FRATERNITE DES ARMES
LEURS CAMARADES FRANCAIS
1945
English translation:
In Memoriam
Starting from this Aerodrome
These American Men
Members of the 42nd Bombardment Wing
Were killed in battle
S/SGT EDGAR A. BEALE
SGT SOLOM M. BEAVER, JR.
S/SGT NICHOLAS BENTAS
S/SGT JOHN J. CORRADETTI
1ST LT ELMER L. CUDWORTH, JR.
SGT ARMIN J. FRANCK
S/SGT EARL L. KEITH
2ND LT LORANCE P. KRASHOWELTZ
1ST LT ARTHUR L. MC CURDY
2ND LT GENE B. MC KEMIE
S/SGT LLOYD A. RAHL
SGT JAMES C. RAYMOND
SGT WILLIAM T. REDMOND
2ND LT HAROLD H. STICKLER
1ST LT DAVIS H. TANDY
S/SGT HENRY P. TOTHAMMER, JR
F/O IRVING R. VICTORSON
2ND LT HAROLD W. YOUNG
SGT JOHN WILHELMS **
During combat to liberate French soil
In witness of our Brotherhood in Arms
From their French comrades
1945
Note: ** Actual name: Joy Wilhelms
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
320th Bomber Group (Medium)
324th Fighter Group
34th Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Group
37th Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Group
42nd Bomb Wing (Med)
432nd Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Group
441st Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group
442nd Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group, Medium
444th Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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