B-17 (42-29901) Crash Memorial
Details:
On the western side of Le Tertre road.
Ten white and black boulders flanking a vertical stone monument with faded engravings commemorating American aviators of B-17 (42-29901) with an information panel nearby.
Monument Text:
Sainte Anne sur Vilaine
39-45
16-09-43
A. Held E. Schroeder S. Blatchford C. Koval | A la memoire de l'equipage du B-17 americain abattu le 16-09-43
| E. Connolly W. Euwer L. Brown L. Hamilton S. Evans C. Hart |
English translation:
In memory of the American B-17 crew that crashed here on 09-16-1943
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
379th Bomber Group
526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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