B-17 (42-3048) 'Sharon Belle' Tablet -92nd Bomber Group
Details:
On the ground, to the east side of the village war memorial.
A rectangular, smooth stone tablet, carved with the names of ten crew members of the B-17 #42-3048 Sharon Belle of the 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group that crashed at Astwell Castle Farms on November 30, 1943. The letters were painted in black and the tablet was laid horizontally on the ground. A more detailed plaque related to this could be seen in the village church.
Other source of information and image: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Monument Text:
U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS
CRASHED
ASTWELL CASTLE FARM
30.11.1943
|
RICHARD W. PUGH WILLIAM M. HOLLAND JR WILLIAM S. MUNRO JR LEIGHTON D. PATTERSON BILLY B. FREEMAN |
THOMAS D. GLASPELL CHARLES E. SLAYTON DEAN LANDFEAR HENRY P. BRANNAN HARRY A. SCOTT |
Commemorates:
People:
William Murray “Billy Murray” Holland
Units:
327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
92nd Bomber Group
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII