B-17 (43-38272) 'Thumper', B-17 (43-38178) 'Seattle Sue', and B-17 (44-83447) Crewmen Memorial
Details:
In the center of the park.
Monument
A stone base with an inscribed marble plaque and decorative stone on the top.
The memorial remembers two B-17s of the 525th Bomber Squadron of the 379th Bomber Group, and a B-17 of the 427th Bomber Squadron of the 303rd Bomb Group, that crashed here after a mission on April 25, 1945. Ten crewmen between the three planes were killed in action and are listed on the memorial.
Source:
https://www.vets.cz
https://www.cestyosvobozeni.cz
Monument Text:
The inscriptions on the memorial are written in Czech.
The text on the inscribed marble reads:NA PAMÁTKU LETCŮ AMERICKÉ ARMÁDY,
KTEŘÍ PADLI ZA NAŠI SVOBODU
25. DUBNA 1945
S ÚCTOU OBČANÉ KŘIMIC
On the decorative stone:
8th Air Force Symbol
PAMÁTCE AMERICKÝCH LETCŮ
SESTŘELENÝCH 25.4.1945
Left side:
R. J. Dobson
C. W. Evans
W. E. Fanning
D. L. Fay
F. H. Kelley
Right Side:
W. W. Meikle
H. G. Moss
L. E. Slane
V. L. Stewart
G.R. Walling
Translation on Marble:
IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN ARMY AIRPLANE
WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM
APRIL 25, 1945
IN HONOR OF THE CITIZEN OF KŘIMIC
Translation on decorative stone:
IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN AIRPLANE
SHOT ON 25.4.1945
(List of names)
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
303rd Bomber Group
379th Bomber Group
427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
525th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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