B-24 42-95238 Plaque
Details:
On the south side of the churchyard and on the right-hand side next to the stone monument war memorial.
Plaque
A square metal plaque on top of a stone base that is set on the ground. The plaque is inscribed in English in yellow lettering. A medical symbol is printed on the top of the plaque while the 8th Air Force insignia is on the bottom. The plaque commemorates the crew of the B-24 #42-95238 who died in a crash at the grounds of St. Marys Hospital during a training mission in August 1944.
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF THE TEN GALLANT AMERICAN
AIRMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHEN THEIR PLANE
CRASHED ON 18TH AUGUST 1944 IN THE GROUNDS OF
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, BURGHILL.
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2NDLT CHESTER CHERRINGTON JR, AGED 23 |
2NDLT ROBERT M. PRESTON, AGED 21 |
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2NDLT CRESSY L. KINGERY, AGED 20 |
2NDLT DONALD A. WILSON, AGED 23 |
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CPL MAURICE E. RUSHING, AGED 21 |
CPL CLARENCE A. SPECHT, AGED 20 |
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CPL DALE M. PATTERSON, AGED 25 |
CPL ROBERT P. WAITE, AGED 20 |
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CPL DOUGLAS RESEIGH, AGED 20 |
CPL IRWIN FRIEDER, AGED 23 |
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD:
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
406TH BMB. SQ.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group
801st Bomber Group
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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