B-24 'Able Mabel' (42-110081) Crash Marker -93rd Bomber Group
Details:
On the garden wall. Marker
A metal inscribed plaque. The plaque lists the names of those killed in action.
The plaque marks the location where B-24 (42-110081) 'Able Mabel' of the 328th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group crashed nearby on June 19, 1944 after bombing mission (Mission 424) to nearby V-1 sites. Three of the crew were killed in action, the rest became POWs.
See the nearby memorial around the corner on Pannebekestraat - Site Bruges -Pannebekestraat for the B-24 memorial.
Sources:
Traces of War Website
93rd Bomber Museum Facebook page
Monument Text:
The inscription on the plaque is in Flemish and reads:
HIER STORTTE OP 19 JUNI 1944 DE LIBERATOR B-24-1 " ABLE MABEL" NEER
BEHOREND TOT HET 328 SQN VAN DE 93 BG VAN DE AMERIKAANSE 8* LUCHTMACHT
DRIE BEMANNINGSLEDEN LIETEN HUN LEVEN
1" Lt. FLOYD R. COOK - Minnesota
2 d Lt, MICHAEL A. PIETRUCCIOLI - New Jersey
T. Sgt. KENNETH V. EHRHART - Alaska
The transaltion is:
HERE CRASHED ON 19 JUNE 1944 THE LIBERATOR B-24-1 "ABLE MABEL"
BELONGING TO THE 328 SQN OF THE 93 BG OF THE US 8* AIR FORCE
THREE CREW MEMBERS LOST THEIR LIVES
1" Lt. FLOYD R. COOK - Minnesota
2 d Lt, MICHAEL A. PIETRUCCIOLI - New Jersey
T. Sgt. KENNETH V. EHRHART - Alaska
Commemorates:
Units:
328th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
93rd Bomber Group
Wars:
WWII
Other images :
