Monument Details

B-24 (42-78240) 'Our Love' Memorial

Details:

In the town cemetery. Monument

A marble monument with Macedonian and English text honoring the crew of the B-24 "Our Love" 42-78240 of the 742nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force, which crashed high in the Sharr mountains above the town on 26 August 1944. Six crew members perished and three survived. The townspeople originally buried those killed in this cemetery. All were subsequently repatriated to the US.

Monument Text:

In Memory of the "Our Love" Crew

and

The Citizens of Vratnica Who Assisted the

Survivors and Buried Their Comrades

Consolidated B-24G "Liberator" 42-78240

15th US Air Force/445th Bomber Group/742nd Bomber

Squadron Lost 26 August 1944

1st LT Edwin C. Kieselbach, Ravenna, OH (POW)

2nd LT John T. Edwards, Gleason, TN (KIA)

1st LT Richard T. McCauly, Providence, RI (POW)

T/Sgt Edward Ambrosini, Brooklyn, NY (POW)