Sergeant Walter Mies Memorial - B-24 (42-95080) 'Super Wolf'
Details:
In the grassy area opposite the bike lanes.
MarkerA brick monument with an inscribed gray marble in the center.
The memorial remember Sergeant Walter M. Sies who was the Flight Engineer on the B-24 (42-95080) 'Super Wolf' of the 790th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, which was shot down nearby on February 16, 1945.
The monument marks the location where Sgt Sies was found after his parachute failed to open after bailing out of his aircraft.
Sgt Sies is also remembered where he was temporarily interred and where the plane eventually crashed. See sites Valthe and Emmen-Nieuw Dordrecht General Cemetery
Monument Text:
The text on the memorial is in Dutch and reads:
B-24 LIBERATOR
WALTER M. SIES
KALAMAZOO USA ROSWINKEL
10-11-1911 16-2-1945
DIT MONUMENT IS ONTHULD OP
16-2-2015 TER NAGEDACHTENIS
AAN SIES, DIE ZIJN LEVEN GAF VOOR
ONZE BEVRIJDING.
ZIJN PARACHUTE GING NIET OPEN,
TOEN HIJ HET VLIEGTUIG, BIJGENAAMD
SUPER WOLF MOEST VERLATEN.
The English Transation:
B-24 LIBERATOR
WALTER M. SIES
KALAMAZOO USA ROSWINKEL
10-11-1911 16-2-1945
THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED ON
16-2-2015 IN MEMORY
OF SIES, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR
OUR LIBERATION.
HIS PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN
WHEN HE HAD TO LEAVE THE PLANE, NICKNAMED
"SUPER WOLF."
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
467th Bomber Group, Heavy
790th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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