B-17 (42-30105) 'Slightly Dangerous' Crash Site Marker
Details:
On the November 11th wall that starts at the church. Marker
A crash site marker of B-17 (42-30105) “Slightly Dangerous” of the 412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group when it took off from station 119 Horham, Suffolk, UK at 0600 on a mission to Le Bourget. At 0815 it was shot down by German fighters. With two of its engines on fire, part of the crew managed to jump before it exploded in midair and crashed in the village of St-Didier-des-Bois.
Monument Text:
A la Memoire des Aviateurs
de l'US AIR FORCE
Morts a St Didier des Bois
le 10.7.1943
English translation:
In memory of the US Air Force aviators who died at St Didier des Bois on 07.10.1943
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
95th Bomb Group (Heavy)
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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