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B-24H (42-52463) ‘Table Stuff’ Memorial

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Details:

On the beach known as the Plage de la Raguette, accessible only as a pedestrian.  Along the retaining wall. Monument


An arched stone marker with a weathered plaque.

The marker remembers the crew of the B- 24 of the 464th Bomber Group that was shot down over the bay near here; the crew is MIA.

Monument Text:

IN MEMORIAM

 

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LA MEMOIRE DES 11 HOMMES D'EQUIPAGE

DU B -24 LIBERATOR 42-52463 DE L'USA AIR FORCE

DISPARUS AU LARGE DU GOLFE DE LA NAPOULE LE 25 MAI 1944

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15 TH AIR FORCE - 464 TH BOMBER GROUP - 779 TH BOMBER SQUADRON

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LA VILLE DE MANDELIEU LA NAPOULE RECONNAISSANTE

 

 

Stèle inaugurée le 24 aout 1997

par Monsieur LE MAIRE Henri LEROY

 

English translation:

 

IN MEMORIAM

OF

THE MEMORY OF THE 11 CREW MEN

FROM B -24 LIBERATOR 42-52463 FROM THE US AIR FORCE

THAT DISAPPEARED OFF THE GULF OF NAPOULE ON MAY 25, 1944

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15 TH AIR FORCE - 464 TH BOMBER GROUP - 779 TH BOMBER SQUADRON

_____________________________

 

THE CITY OF MANDELIEU THE NAPOULE REMEMBERS

 

Stele inaugurated on August 24, 1997

 

 

by Monsieur LE MAIRE Henri LEROY

Commemorates:

People:

Edward C. Brown

Robert L. Chesser

John J. Dodd

John A. Duricho

Edwin C. Every

Robert D. Frankenberger

Donald S. Garniss

Ernest Carl Hindle

Louis A. Jr. Howarth

John Karl, Jr. Rankin

Frank Tafelski

Units:

15th Air Force

464th Bomber Group

55th Bomber Wing

779th Bomber Squadron

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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