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B-24 “Miss Fortune” (42-73138) Grave Site Cenotaph

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Details:

In the center of the cemetery.

Marker

 

A small inscribed marble flat headstone.

 

The headstone remembers the crew of the B-24 Miss Fortune (42-73138) that crashed on the nearby Dubec Hill; the crew minus one died in the crash.  The crew was buried at this site until their remains were repatriated to the United States.   

 

The Crew of Miss Fortune included:

 

KIA, and temporality buried at this location:

 

1st Lt. George M. Skipper Goddard, Jr, Pilot

1st Lt. Haig Knady Kandarian, Co-Pilot

1st Lt. Joseph F Altemus, Navigator

1st Lt. Charles F Spickard, Jr, Bombardier

TSgt. Oscar W Houser, Engineer

SSgt. Harold C Carter, Armorer-Ball Turret Gunner

SSgt. John A. Goldy Goldbach, Left Waist Gunner

SSgt. Roy E Hughes, Top Turret Gunner

SSgt. Wayneworth E. lord Nelson Nelson, Tail Gunner

SSgt. Rexford H. Rhodes, Nose Gunner

 

And the Survivor:

 

 

T/SGT Raymond A. Noury, Right Waist Gunner

 

The fallen crew members were interred together on June 16, 1950, at Jefferson Barracks St. Louis,MO in SECTION 84 SITE 148

 

 

 

See this website Pradlo-Nepomuk B-24 Miss Fortune Crash Site Memorial and Pradlo B-24 Miss Fortune for more on this story.

 

Another Bomber of the 98th Bomber Group crashed in Czechia and is remembered at Site Bukovec, Memorial: B-24 (42-64483) Memorial - 98th Bomber Group.

 

Monument Text:

The text is written in Czech and reads:

 

NA PAMÁTKU 

AMERICKÝCH LETC

+22.2.1944

The translation is:

 

IN MEMORY

US Aircrew

+22.2.1944

 

Commemorates:

People:

Joseph Frederick  Altemus

Harold Cleburn  Carter

George Marvin “Skipper” Jr. Goddard

John Aloysius “Goldy”  Goldbach

Oscar William  Houser

Haig “Kandy” Kandarian

Wayneworth Evenson “Lord Nelson” Nelson

Rexford Harwell  Rhodes

Charles Fayne Jr. Spickard

Units:

15th Air Force

343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group

47th Bomber Wing

98th Bomber Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Big Week (Operation Argument)

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