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B-26 Marauder (42-96127) Plaque

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Details:

The bottom plaque at the base of the monument.

Plaque

A rectangular stone plaque inscribed with a simple text listing the crew members of the 397th Bomb Group. The crew belonged to the B-26 Marauder #42-96127 of the 597th Bomber Squadron. The crew was shot down by flak on June 24, 1944, during a mission and crashed at Avenue La Fontaine in Maisons-Laffitte.

Source of photos: Claude Faix / www.aerosteles.net

Monument Text:

397 ème (th) Bomb Group

 

S.C.

NEIL

O.A.

PRICE

E.M.

LINDQUIST

H.G.

VORHEES

J.H.

CRAWFORD

S.E.

HOOVER

 

Commemorates:

People:

James M. Crawford

Scott E. Hoover

Edward Maldwyn Lindquist

Samuel Carter Neill

Oliver Albert Price

Harold G. Vorhees

Units:

597th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomb Group

9th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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