B-17F 'The Screwball' (42-29843) Plaque
Details:
On the left wall of the arch.
A rectangular plaque engraved with a commemoration message and five names of the crew members who were MIA when their plane “The Screwball” crashed here after being shot down by flak. The inscription is written in French in gold lettering. None of them were recovered.
Monument Text:
A LA MEMOIRE
DES AVIATEURS AMERICAINS
DISPARUS AU COMBAT
LE 28 JUIN 1943
351GB B-17F 42-29843 511EB
T/SGT JOSEPH J. BEAL (INDIANA)
1/LT AARON LAZERSON (NEW YORK)
S/SGT THEODORE E. MALISH (TEXAS)
2/LT JACK R. MASON (OHIO)
S/SGT LONNIE OWENS (KENTUCKY)
English translation:
IN MEMORY
OF AMERICAN AVIATORS
MISSING IN COMBAT
ON JUNE 28, 1943
351GB B-17F 42-29843 511EB
T/SGT JOSEPH J. BEAL (INDIANA)
1/LT AARON LAZERSON (NEW YORK)
S/SGT THEODORE E. MALISH (TEXAS)
2/LT JACK R. MASON (OHIO)
S/SGT LONNIE OWENS (KENTUCKY)
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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