B-17 (42-5053) 'Bloody Tangier Show' Crash Memorial- 305th Bomb Group
Details:
In the middle of a man-made clearing on the southern side of Rue Besson.
A vertical stone triangle mimicking an airplane wing bearing gold lettering commemorating the crash. There is a wooden sign detailing the latter off to the side of the gravel plot.
The memorial remembers where B-17 (42-5053) 'Bloody Tangier Show' Crash Memorial of the 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group crashed on July 4, 1943.
Monument Text:
B-17F
4
Juillet
1943
English translation:
B-17F
4
July
1943
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
305th Bomber Group
366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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