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B-24H (42-95023) Lucky Lass II Library Plaque

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Plaque


A shield-shaped bronze plaque with sculptured relief of a winged propeller on the top and the 8th Air Force insignia on the bottom. The plaque is inscribed in English text, in raised and yellow lettering. It commemorates the 10 men who were killed in the crash of their B24H Liberator #42-95023 on August 12, 1944. The crash site lies just west of the A10 on the opposite side to Cheshunt (between the A10 and the New River). The plane , B-25 (42-95023) Lucky Lass II of the 577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, had a technical malfunction of all four engines. All ten crew members died and one girl recovered from a coma. A similar plaque can be found in the American War Cemetery near Cambridge.

Source of information and photos: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

Monument Text:

TO THESE GALLANT AMERICAN AIRMEN

WHO ON AUGUST 12 1944 SACRIFICED THEIR

LIVES TO PREVENT THEIR AIRCRAFT FROM

CRASHING ON OUR HOMES.

THE RESIDENTS OF CHESHUNT AND WALTHAM CROSS

IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE

DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE IN

GRATEFUL MEMORY

 

2ND LT. JOHN D. ELLIS

2ND LT. ROBERT B. COX

S/SGT JAY V. CABLE

T/SGT STANLEY F. JANKOWSKI

S/SGT CLARE W. HULTENGREN

T/SGT JOHN H. HOLLING

F/O SAMUEL C. STALSBY

S/SGT WILLIAM C. MCGINLEY

S/SGT FRANK MINICK

S/SGT JACK O. SHAEFFER

 

577 BMB. SQ          392 BMB. GP.

Commemorates:

People:

Jay V. Cable

Robert Branyan Cox

John D. Ellis

John H. Holling

Clare Wilkes Hultengren

Stanley F. Jankowski

William C. McGinley

Francis “Frank”, Jr. Minick

Jack Omar Shaeffer

Samuel C. Stalsby

Units:

392nd Bomb Group

577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group

8th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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