B-17 (42-29893) 'El Diablo' Crash Marker -379th Bomber Group
Details:
Tucked into the foliage on the northern side of the intersection.
A small vertical stone monument set on a stone base with gold lettering commemorating American aviators.
The memorial members the B-17 (42-29893) 'El Diablo" of the 534th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber Group shot down near here due to enemy aircraft after a mission to Nantes. Two crew KIA; six POW; 2 evaded.
Another aircraft, B-17 (42-5849) Hell's Belles II of the 384th Bomber Group was also shot down on this mission with a memorial nearby. See site Champeaux.
Source:
American Air Museum in Britain
www.aerosteles.net
Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1346
Monument Text:
En ce lieu
Le 16 Septembre 1943
un bombardier
americain B-17 s'ecrasait
abattu par la chasse
allemand.
Trois des dix membres
de l'equipage sont morts
pour la liberation de
la France.
Souvenons nous
English translation:
An American B-17 was shot down here on September 16th, 1943, by German fighters. Three of the ten crew members died to liberate France.
Let us remember
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
379th Bomber Group
524th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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