B-24 (41-29226) 'Leaky Tub' Crash Marker - 450th Bomber Group
Details:
In the middle of the small roadside park.
MarkerA small roundish fieldstone with a brass inscribed plaque attached to the front.
The memorial marks he location near where the B-24 (41-29226) 'Leaky Tub' of the 723rd Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force was shot down by enemy fighters on February 23, 1944 after a mission to Steyer, Austria. The plane took off from Manduria, Airfield in southern Italy. Ten of the eleven crew were KIA.
Monument Text:
In memory of the aircrew of the 15° US Air Force who crash landed in Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting on February 23, 1944. Ten of eleven Airman lost ther lives.
B24 H LIBERATOR 41-29226 450, BG / 723 BS
Gefallene (Fallen):
2nd Lt. Philip H. Scanlon. 1921 Pilot NY
2nd Lt. Glen M. Davis. 1920 Co-Pilot TX
2nd Lt. George C. Strong. 1921 Navigator MA
2nd Lt. Donald A. Forbes, 1920 Bombardier MO
S/Sgt. John H. Grogan.1921 Engineer NC
S/Sgt. Kenneth G. King.1923 Gunner NY
S/Sgt. Sidney Rulnick. 1922 Gunner MA
S/Sgt. Frank J. Dzurik. 1921 Tail Gunner CT
S/Sgt. Bernard Kellerman, 1921 Photographer CT
S/Sgt. William J. Heinegger. 1923 Turret Gunner MD
Überlebender (Survivor):
T/Sgt. Alphonse J. Lanteigne.1921 - 1976 Funker (Radio Operator) CT
Bad Wimsbach - Neydhaning. Oktober 2017
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
450th Bomber Group
723rd Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Wars:
WWII
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