Lt Kirkham Memorial Plaque
Details:
To the left of the Municipal Building entrance. Plaque
A bronze relief and inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers 1LT Virgil Kirkham of the 377th Bomber Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group of the 9th Air Force. LT Kirkham was Killed in Action, piloting P-47D Thunderbolt (44-89700) "Lady Jo-Ann II" on April 30, 1945, after striking trees while swerving to avoid flak during a strafing run on German armored vehicles near Domažlice, Czech. He is considered among the last airmen to be KIA in Europe in WW2.
(MACR 14219).
A memorial in the forest west of the town, marks the plane crash site.
Monument Text:
Image of a P-47
In Memory
VIRGIL PAUL KIRKHAM
1st Lieutenant
27 November, 1924, Corbett, Oregon, U.S.A.
377th Fighter Squadron
362th Fighter Group
9th Air Force
KILLED IN ACTION
+30 April, 1945
Kirkham`s Family, Plzeňský kraj,
Obecní úřad Újezd, Indianhead Club Pilsen
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
362nd Fighter Group
377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group
9th Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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