Sergeant Bartho, 2Lt Grey, and Sgt Mears Cenotaph
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In the western corner of the cemetery, up against the bushes.
Cenotaph
The grave is made of concrete. On the headstone is a grey granite plaque with a carving of the bomber of the three men who were initially buried here. The plaque on the grave commemorates these men's units, gives their basic information, and tells the story of how these men's remains were taken from the crash site and brought to this cemetery. Second Lieutenant Bartho is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium, 2Lt Grey in the Lone Tree Cemetery, Iowa, and Sgt Tears in the Rest Haven Cemetery, Maryland.
There is a memorial in Buire-Courcelles, near Tincourt-Boucly, with a plaque on it that resembles the plaque on this gravestone. That memorial stands at the actual crash site of these men's aircraft and recounts the story of their aircraft's crash on November 10, 1944. You can visit this link to see this memorial: https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=528 .
Monument Text:
36th Bombardment Squadron (H) (RCM)
8th Air Force, United States Of America
Attached: 100th Group, Royal Air Force
Stationed: Cheddington, England
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Gustave Grey, O-717204, United States Army Air Force
Navigator, Sioux Rapids, Iowa, born 13, October, 1923, Died 10 November, 1944
2nd Grave, Lone Tree Cemetery, Sioux Rapids, Iowa
Sergeant Raymond G. Mears, 33556665, United States Army Air Force
Waist Gunner, Hagerstown, Maryland, Born 4 April, 1919, Died 10 November, 1944
2nd Grave Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland
Sergeant Frank Anthony Bartho, 36515334, United States Army Air Force
Nose Turret Gunner, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Born 20 September, 1908, Died 10 November, 1944
2nd Grave, Henri-Chapelle United States Military Cemetery, Fosse, Belgium, Plot H, Row 10, Grave 16
Early in the morning of 10 November, 1944, these men were aboard the above bomber that crashed at Tincourt-Boucly. This common grave contains most of these men's remains recovered from the crash site with the help of the French, and later hidden by the Americans. This grave was created by the Cartigny Priest, CURE Etienne Serpette on 23 November, 1944, When, with the approval of the Elders of Cartigny, he recovered the hidden remains and transferred them to this sacred earth. Emile Beiger later restored the grave, now maintained by the Le Souvenir Francais.
The families of these men will always remember the people of Cartigny for honoring their fallen sons and granting them a place of honored Remembrance and Souvenir among their own.
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Units:
36th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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