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B-17 'High Ball' (42-29847) Memorial

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Details:

In the northern section of the church park, at the walkway roundabout.

Monument
A vertical stone slab surrounded on three sides by a wooden fence bearing an engraving commemorating the airmen of the B-17 'High Ball" (42-29847) that crashed on June 28, 1943 nearby during WWII.

Monument Text:

8th Air Force

 

351st BG         511th BS

en hommage

a l'equipage du B 17

HIGH BALL

tombe a Muzillac le 28 Juin 1943

 

R.W. ADAMS 

E.L. BRANNEN         tue 

W.W. CLAGETT 

G.H. GLOUDEMAN 

D.F. Capper

J.P. NORMILE 

R.L. SAGE 

J.S. WOLFE               tue 

D.J. YAREFF  tue 

E.E. YOUNG              tue

 

 

English translation:

 

8th Air Force

 

351st BG         511th BS

in homage

to the crew of the B 17

HIGH BALL

that crashed in Muzillac on June 28, 1943

 

R.W. ADAMS 

E.L. BRANNEN         killed

W.W. CLAGETT 

G.H. GLOUDEMAN 

D.F. Capper

J.P. NORMILE 

R.L. SAGE 

J.S. WOLFE   killed

D.J. YAREFF  killed

E.E. YOUNG  killed

Commemorates:

People:

Robert W. Adams

Everett L. Brannen

Donald F. Capper

William W. Claggett

George H. Gloudeman

Joseph P. Normile

Roy L. Sage

Joseph S. Wolfe

Dragie F. Yareff

Ermyle E. Young

Units:

511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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