B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger' Crash Memorial -461st Bomber Group
Details:
On the west side of the road.
MonumentA cairn built of rough stones supports an upright aircraft propeller, with a white cross rising just behind it. On the front rests a rectangular black plaque, engraved in both English and Czech, bearing the names and roles of the crew of B-24J #42-50953, which was downed by German defenses near this site on December 14, 1944, and displaying the emblem of the 15th Air Force.
Other sites associated with this mission and other crash memorials on December 17, 1944:
Site Olomouc-Neredin, Memorial: B-24 (42-52025) 'Arsenic and Lace Crash Memorial -461th Bomber Group
Site Troubky Hbitov (Cemetery) Memorial: B-24 (44-41046) Crash Memorial -461st Bomber Group
Monument Text:
On the left column:
PAMÁTCE AMERICKÝCH LETC
HRDIN SVTOVÉ VÁLKY S FAISMEM
ZDE 17. PROSINCE 1944 ZAHYNULI PO VZDUNÉM SOUBOJI
TYI LETCI OSÁDKY BOMBARDÉRU B-24J LIBERATOR
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PHILIP J. CROSSMAN |
PILOT |
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EARL W. KREPS |
DRUHÝ PILOT |
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WILLIAM L. McLAIN Jr. |
NAVIGATOR |
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HUGH H. HANLEY |
BOMBOMETCÍK |
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JACK R. CODY |
ZBROJÍR LETKY |
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LEONARD C. GEIER |
HORNÍ STRELEC |
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VALDEN A. BARNSON |
LEVÝ BOCNÍ STRELEC |
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WILLIAM C. WHITE |
DOLNÍ STRELEC |
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LAWRENCE M. EIDSMORE |
PREDNÍ STRELEC |
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JOHN A. SAINO Jr. |
PRAVÝ BOCNÍ STRELEC |
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BERNARD C. FREEMAN |
ZADNÍ STRELEC |
NEZAPOMEN, E BOJOVALI ZA TVOU SVOBODU!
On the right column:
IN MEMORY OF AMERICAN AIRMEN
HEROES OF THE WORLD WAR II AGAINST FASCISM
IN THIS PLACE ON DECEMBER, 17TH 1944 DIED 4 MEMBERS
OF THE CREW OF THE B-24J LIBERATOR AFTER AN AERIAL FIGHT
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PILOT |
CROSSMAN, PHILIP J. |
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CO PILOT |
KREPS, EARL W. |
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NAVIGATOR |
McLAIN, WILLIAM L. Jr. |
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BOMBARDIER |
HANLEY, HUGH W. |
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GUN.OFF. |
CODY, JACK R. |
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NOSE TUR.GUN. |
GEIER, LEONARD C. |
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TOP TUR.GUN. |
BARNSON, VALDEN A. |
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LT.WAIST GUN. |
WHITE, WILLIAM C. |
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RT.WAIST GUN. |
EIDSMORE, LAWRENCE M. |
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BALL TUR.GUN. |
SAINO, JOHN A. Jr. |
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TAIL TUR.GUN. |
FREEMAN, BERNARD C. |
DONT FORGET THAT THEY FOUGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM!
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
461st Bomber Group
765th Bomber Squadron, 461st Bomber Group (Heavy)
United States Air Force
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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