B-17 41-24472 Plaque -306th Bomber Group
Details:
On the outside wall of a farmhouse on the E side of the D64.
A black plaque with white lettering commemorating the crash of a B-17 that crashed in the area during WWII in 1942.
Monument Text:
En souvenir des aviateurs US
morts en mission le 8 Novembre 1942
pour la liberation de la France
lors de la chute pres de cette ferme
de leur forteresse B-17 F
touchee par la flak allemande
au dessus de Fives-Lille
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VIII USAAF
369th Bomber Squadron
306th Bomber Group
Peter Greyno
Anthony J. Lacek
Jim T. McCloy
John S. Saunders
Frank M. Zeck
English translation:
In memory of the US airmen
who died on November 8, 1942
for the liberation of France
during the fall near this farm
of their B-17 F fortress
hit by the German flak
over Fives-Lille
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VIII USAAF
369th Bomber Squadron
306th Bomber Group
Peter Greyno
Anthony J. Lacek
Jim T. McCloy
John S. Saunders
Frank M. Zeck
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
306th Bombardment Group
359th Bomber Squadron, 303th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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