On the plot immediately to the right as you enter the cemetery gate.

A military white marble headstone for SSgt Raymond Patrick Schwabenbauer, a Gunner of the B-17 "Slightly Dangerous" #42-3293 560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group. He was one of the casualties of the 10-man crew when their plane was hit by flak and crashed at La Chapelle-Champigny on September 6, 1943.

He is buried next to his fellow four crewman.

A nearby memorial in Champigny also remembers the crew.  See site Champigny, Five Aviators Memorial.

Source of photo: Photo Alain Canduro/francecrashes39-45.net

RAYMOND P

SCHWABENBAUER

PENNSYLVANIA

STAFF SGT

560 AAF BOMB SQ

WORLD WAR II 

SEPTEMBER   2  1920

SEPTEMBER   6  1943