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B-17 (42-31173) 'Maid to Please' Crash Site Memorial

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Details:

By the road to La Coudray Farm, Berville.

Monument
Two poles forming a Victory "V"with a, aircraft propeller mounted between them.  A plaque naming those killed in the crash. Two white flag poles.


The memorial remembers the crew of B-17 (42-31173) 'Maid to Please'  of the 711th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group that crashed here on December 30, 1943.

Monument Text:

En Memoire
des
SLt Julian Y Shrero - SLt Joseph Y. Lamansky
SLt Lowell A. Doan - Sergt Dee L. Troxell
Membres de l'equipage du B-17G americain "Maid to Please"
abattu ici le 30.12.1943 lors de leur 1ere Mission
Passant souviens-toi!
ils sont morts pour notre liberte


English translation:

In memory of (names), members of the crew of the American B-17G Maid to Please, shot down here on 30 Dec 1943 during their first mission. 
Remember them as you pass, they died for your liberty

Commemorates:

People:

Lowell Arthur Doan

Joseph John Lamansky

Julian Yale Shrero

Dee LaVern “Verne” Troxell

Units:

447th Bomber Group

711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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