Monuments
B-26 Marauder 'My Gal II' (43-34605) Crash Memorial
Memorial to the 42nd Bomb Wing Aviators
Name:
Elmer L. Jr. Cudworth
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-819760
Unit:
42nd Bomb Wing (Med)
Date of Death:
1945-01-19
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
26
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
1st Lt Elmer L. Cudworth was born on May 26, 1916. He was the co-pilot of the B-26 “My Gal II” when it took off from the Dijon-Lonvic airfield January 19th, 1945 at 1:03 am on a bombing run to Achern, Germany. At 2:10pm, the plane fell out of formation due to technical problems and crashed a little later in Fountain, near Besancon, killing the entire crew. The villagers have held a memorial there every year since 1945. He also has a cenotaph located in Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.