C-47 (43-48611) Crash Churchyard Memorial
Details:
In the churchyard, on the northeast side of the church.
Marker
A headstone marker topped with a white cross. The headstone is inscribed with a memorial message that is written in French. On January 18, 1945, the plane took off from A-54C (Le Bourget-Paris) at 0935h for AAF-343 (Biggin Hill) with a load of passengers and crashed approximately seven minutes later. The crash was fatal to eighteen of the twenty-two occupants of the plane and the other four persons were all seriously injured. The cause of the crash was unable to be determined.
Crew:
2nd Lt Roy J. Shilling, pilot,
2nd Lt George A. Wood, copilot,
Cpl Alphonse V. Cogozzo, radio operator,
Cpl Harold W. Grubb, flight engineer.
Passengers:
Cpt Roy Greene,
Cpt John C. Gregg,
S/Sgt Edward W. Shufflebotham,
T/Sgt Ralph E. Hersbergen, (Survived the crash, but died after a few months)
S/Sgt Milton Linzer,
T/Sgt William H. Patterson,
S/Sgt Frank Schlucker,
S/Sgt Henry J. Coon,
S7Sgt Francis T. Cionek, (Survived)
S/Sgt Matthew J. Hirsch, Jr. (Survived)
S/Sgt Anthony J. Zalewski,
S/Sgt Walter D. Domres, (Survived)
T/Sgt Robert J. Simon,
T/Sgt Angelo J. Lavenia,
Pvt Fred W. Bonness,
M/Sgt Eugene L. Borengasser,
M/Sgt Roamy Eugene Dandridge,
S/Sgt Moses J. Roberts,
Source of information: www.aerosteles.net, francecrashes39-45.net
Source of photos: Jιrτme LEBLANC / www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
AUX
OFFICIERS ET SOLDATS
DE L'ARMEE AMÉRICAINE
TUES
LE 18 JANVIER 1945
DANS UN ACCIDENT
D'AVIATION
English translation:
TO THE
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS
OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
KILLED
ON JANUARY 18, 1945
IN AN
AIRCRAFT
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
1405th Army Air Forces Base Unit
27th Air Transport Group
321st Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group
563rd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
8th Air Force
Headquarters Squadron, 9th Engineer Command
US Army Air Corps
US Army Signal Corps
Wars:
WWII
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