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487th Bomb Group - WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque

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Details:

Affixed on the inside wall at the south-east side of the church below the The Flag of the US certificate and the 487th Bomb Group plaques.

 
Plaque A large rectangular, horizontal Roll of Honor plaque with beige cardboard background in a glazed wooden frame. Two papers were printed listing the names of the 487th BG airmen, arranged in three columns. The first part bears the dedication message and the US Army Air Forces insignia followed by the list of names while the second part contains the continuation of the list and side view images of Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-27 bombers at bottom of the 3rd column.

Monument Text:

First part:

 

R

oll of Honour 233 American men of the 487th Bomb

Group (H) who served with the US 8th

Air Force, based at Lavenham, made the ultimate

sacrifice during World War II. The group flew 185

missions from March 1944 to April 1945, against occupied Europe.

 

Abbote, FG, 2/Lt

Allensworth, HO, Sgt

Andrew, BA, S/Sgt

Baganz, RF, S/Sgt

Baker, RS, S/Sgt

Ball, IL, 1/Lt

Ballard, BL, Sgt

Bamberg, TO, 1/Lt

Barboza, CM, Sgt

Barnett, JS, F/O

Becker, CV, 1/Lt

Bejian, J, 2/Lt

Benoodt, GF, Sgt

Benson, SJ, Sgt

Berger, RM, Sgt

Boyd, LL, S/Sgt

Breiling, RC, S/Sgt

Brotherton, WC, Sgt

Brown, GF, T/Sgt

Brown, RL, S/Sgt

Buck, HW, S/Sgt

Burres, RE, Sgt

Bybee, MG, Sgt

Callaghan, FJ, T/Sgt

Carmen, ET, 2/Lt

Castillo, PJ, T/Sgt

Castle, FW, Brig Gen

Chatterton, TC, 2/Lt

Churm, PK, Sgt

Cochran, WJ, S/Sgt

Coe, S, Sgt

Connery, JJ, S/Sgt

Conwill, JD Jr, 1/Lt

Crosland, WS Jr, F/O

Crossley, CH, S/Sgt

Curtiss, WJ, 1/Lt

De Lachica, ED, S/Sgt

Deelaney, GE, Sgt

Dolan, JJ, 2/Lt

Donnelly, RJ, Sgt

Dunham, HD, S/Sgt

Dustman, DM, S/Sgt

 

Eberhut, JD, T/Sgt

Erwin, AD, 2/Lt

Eshleman, OF, 2/Lt

Estright, AT, Sgt

Everett, LE, S/Sgt

 

Faris, WR, 2/Lt

Ferenchak, GJ, S/Sgt

Focht, WJ, S/Sgt

Frey, AC, Sgt

Friedman, EN, 2/Lt

Furr, WE, 2/Lt

 

Gatlin, CE Jr, 2/Lt

Gaudin, DJ Jr, S/Sgt

Gerland, HE, 1 /Lt

Giltinan, SV Jr, Sgt

Glenn, JR, Sgt

Goethe, EF, 2/Lt

Graves, HE, S/Sgt

Green, WA, S/Sgt

Gregory, JE, 2/Lt

Gregory, JG, S/Sgt

Gross, NE, 1/Lt

 

Haglund, JL, Sgt

Hall, RT, Capt

Harcq, BW Jr, S/Sgt

Harriman, RW, 1/Lt

Haskell, WD, 2/Lt

Haulotte, GW, Sgt

Heil, CA, 2/Lt

Henahan, JW, T/Sgt

Henderson, JV, T/Sgt

Hinkson, HM Jr, Sgt

Hood, J Jr, 2/Lt

Huck, DR, Sgt

Huebel, BA Jr, S/Sgt

Hunter, SS, 2/Lt

 

Isaacson, JL. 2/Lt

 

Jackson, RF, 1/Lt

Johnson, WT, S/Sgt

Jones, JW Jr, S/Sgt

Jones, RL, Capt

Jones, WE, Sgt

 

Kane, SP, Sgt

Kausrud, DC, S/Sgt

Kersten, LW, 1/Lt

King, DC, 1/Lt

King, RH, Sgt

Knapp, DL, Sgt

Kochczynski, CJ, 1/Lt

Koepsell, EE, Sgt

Kowalski, EM, Sgt

Kramer, VS, 2/Lt

Kraus, LE, S/Sgt

Kussy, LS Jr, Sgt

 

Lang, KW, 2/Lt

Late, CL, T/Sgt

Lauraine, LJ Jr, 1/Lt

Leonesio, JB, 2/Lt

Levine, M, F/O

Lipskas, BD, S/Sgt

Logan, JA, 2/Lt

Loranger, GO, 2/Lt

Lull, RH, T/Sgt

Lumpkin, CL, S/Sgt

 

Second part:

 

McCleary, LD, 2/Lt

McClendon, WJ, T/Sgt

McCoy, EE, 2/Lt

McGinnes, LH, 1/Lt

McKee, E, S/Sgt

McNeish, CC, 2/Lt

McWilliams, CA, Sgt

Mackie, TS, 2/Lt

Marino, LA, T/Sgt

Markowitz, MI, S/Sgt

Marxmiller, RK, S/Sgt

Mass, RR, 2/Lt

Matika, B, 2/Lt

Mau, EA, S/Sgt

Messerly, JW, Sgt

Miller, HJ Jr, 1/Lt

Miller, HR, 2/Lt

Miller, JM, S/Sgt

Milliken, W, Sgt

Milner, LR, 1/Lt

Mitchell, BR, Sgt

Mitchell, RE, T/Sgt

Moderski, JD, 1/Lt

Moentenich, LP, 2/Lt

Moke, FE, 2/Lt

Morrison, ES, S/Sgt

Murphy, WJ, S/Sgt

Musser, EG, S/Sgt

 

Nance, CP, T/Sgt

Nash, LW, Maj

Nash, RA, S/Sgt

Nassi, AP, Sgt

Naughton, JP, S/Sgt

Nelson, LW, S/Sgt

Nyhagen, FC, 1/LT

 

Oesch, HE, 1/Lt

Oliver, CE, 1/Lt

Olsen, AM Jr, T/Sgt

Olsen, GK, F/O

Owen, CV, Sgt

Ozbolt, DL, 1/Lt

 

Parks, WH, T/Sgt

Peake, WE, 1/Lt

Pearce, TW, 1 /Lt

Pellizzer, L, S/Sgt

Pendarvis, GH, F/O

Perry, JD, 2/Lt

Pierson, RE, Sgt

Plevak, EC, 2/Lt

Portsch, RH, 2/Lt

Preston, WH, 2/Lt

Procopio, BS, 1/Lt

 

Raffel, WP, S/Sgt

Ramseur, RM, Sgt

Randall, CW, S/Sgt

Reichel, E, 2/Lt

Reid, SF Jr, 1/Lt

Robinson, RS Jr, S/Sgt

Rodgers, GE, Sgt

Rogers, W, S/Sgt

Rogers, WS, Capt

Rosenberger, JF, S/Sgt

Rowe, CL Jr, 1 /Lt

Rupe, BA, Sgt

 

Sala, DW, Sgt

Saparito, SA, S/Sgt

Schmulewitz, M, 2/Lt

Schramm, EJ, 2/Lt

Schulz, WJ, S/Sgt

Seavert, DE, S/Sgt

Seeger, RE, Sgt

Shackleford, JL, Sgt

Shegal, AR, T/Sgt

Sherman, EH, 2/Lt

Sherman, WL, S/Sgt

Sherrill, TI, 2/Lt

Shuster, JS, F/O

Simac, A, Sgt

Simoni, W, T/Sgt

Slusarczyk, SA, 2/Lt

Smathers, HE, F/O

Smith, CJ, 2/Lt

Smith, LG, 1/Lt

Smoke, DC Jr, 2/Lt

Snead, JE, T/Sgt

Spindler, WH, Sgt

Stanley, ME, T/Sgt

Stanton, WJ, T/Sgt

Stanton, WW, S/Sgt

Steffens, EF, 2/Lt

Stone, HJ, Sgt

Strong, JH, 2/Lt

Stults, PM, 1 /Lt

Sugarman, JM Jr, 1/Lt

Sunberg, JL, T/Sgt

Swain, LH, T/Sgt

Swan, CE, F/O

Swiridow, L, 2/Lt

 

Thies, MJ, 2/Lt

Thomas, EW Jr, 2/Lt

Thoroman, GP, T/Sgt

Tollett, E, S/Sgt

Tomea, GR Jr, 1/Lt

Turnquist, HA, 1 /Lt

 

Uber, FJ, 2/Lt

Underwood, AB, 2/Lt

 

Van Dyke, JS, 2/Lt

Van Kirk, NC, 2/Lt

Vassallo, CF, T/Sgt

Volavka, M, T/Sgt

Vukomanovich, N, Sgt

 

Walker, CE, S/Sgt

Walters, LR, 1/Lt

Wasson, RL, 2/Lt

Weiss, L, 1/Lt

Westhoff, HB Jr, S/Sgt

White, J Jr, Sgt

Whyte, TC, F/O

Willis, JP, 2/Lt

Wilson, MW, S/Sgt

Winton, VP Jr, 2/Lt

Wright, GT, Sgt

 

Yeagle, CL, S/Sgt

Young,  RE, Sgt 

 

Zaiger, RJ, Sgt

Zebora, RJ, 2/Lt

 

Commemorates:

People:

1  2  3  4  5  Next

Frank G. Abbote

Harold Oliver Allensworth

Benedict Anthony Andrew

Reuben F. Baganz

Robert Stiles Baker

Ira Leonard Ball

Bennie Levie Ballard

Anthony Owen “Tony” Bamberg

Clemente Moran Barboza

James Stryker Barnett

Cuno Vernal “Vern” Becker

John Bejian

George Francis Benoodt

Stanley Jay Benson

Robert Max Berger

Leslie L. Boyd

Robert Carl Breiling

Wayne C. Brotherton

Gerard Francis Brown

Rhodes Lewis Brown

Herman William Buck

Richard Eugene Burres

Melvin Gene Bybee

Frank J. Callaghan

Earnest Tullio Carmen

Pete Joaquin Castillo

Frederick Walker Castle

Thomas Cole “Tommy”, Sr. Chatterton

Paul Kenneth Churm

William Joseph Cochran

Seymour E., Jr. Coe

John J. Conery

Joseph Dillard, Jr. Conwill

William Sylvester “Billy” Crosland

Charles H. Crossley

Willard J. Curtiss

Eduardo Diego de Lachica

Grady Ed Deelaney

James Joseph Dolan

Robert Jerome Donnelly

Hiram Donald Dunham

Darell Marvin Dustman

John Duke Eberhart

Arthur Dale Erwin

Oscar Franklin “Os” Eshleman

Alfred Thomas Estright

Lloyd E. Everett

William Ralph “Bill” Faria

George Joseph Ferenchak

William James Focht

Units:

487th Bomber Group, Heavy

836th Bomber Squadron, 487th Bomber Group, Heavy

837th Bomber Squadron, 487th Bomber Group, Heavy

838th Bomber Squadron, 487th Bomber Group, Heavy

839th Bomber Squadron, 487th Bomber Group, Heavy

8th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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