B-17 (42-31179) 'Stinky Weather' Crash Marker
Details:
At the end of a dirt/gravel path going uphill to an overview of the bay.
A weathered boulder with a black plaque commemorating American aviators attached to it. It is surrounded on three sides by four smaller boulders linked with a chain.
Monument Text:
En memoire de l'equipage du B-17 Americain
"Stinky Weather"
abattu en ce lieu par la chasse allemande
le 31-12-1943
P - 2nd Lt Warren L. Putman (KIA)
CP - F/O Thomas A. Irvine (KIA)
TT- Sgt Ray E. Prater (KIA)
BT - Sgt Albert R. Custer (KIA)
B - 2nd Lt R. Wood (POW-DOW)
Ils sont morts pour notre liberte.
Passant souviens-toi.
Mairie de Kerbors. Souvenir Francais.
English Translation:
In memory of the crew of the American B-17
"Stinky Weather",
shot down here by German fighters
on December 31st, 1943.
Pilot - 2nd Lt Warren L. Putman (KIA)
Co-Pilot - F/O Thomas A. Irvine (KIA)
Top Gunner- Sgt Ray E. Prater (KIA)
Bottom Gunner - Sgt Albert R. Custer (KIA)
Bombardier - 2nd Lt R. Wood (POW-DOW)
They died for our liberty.
Remember passersby.
Kerbors Township. Souvenir Francais.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
351st Bomber Group
511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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