B-24 Amblin' Oakie & B-24 (41-28651) Crash Memorial
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Located on the base of the memorial with a crucifix in the center of the cemetery.
Plaque
A concrete plaque with black text.
On 18 March 1944, two B-24 Liberators from the 392nd Bomb Group, 576th and 577th Bomber Squadrons, were involved in a horrific mid-air collision over the Oise department in France. B-24 Amblin Oakie (41-29174), on its 25th mission, and B-24 41-28651 (no nickname) on its 9th mission both took off from the UK at around 10am on 18 March 1944, along with 26 other aircraft, on a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen.
Amblin Oakie was caught in violent propeller wash from the other craft as it fell out of formation. The collision occurred at 1253. On Amblin Oakie a section of the right wing torn off behind the #4 engine as well as a portion of the tail assembly. The other plane lost its left tail section and both wings. One crew member parachuted to safety, the other nineteen were killed in a fiery crash just outside of Le Ployron, France.
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392nd Bomb Group
392nd Bomb Group, 576th Bomber Squadron
577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group
United States Air Force
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WWII
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