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B-17 'Snafu' (42-29476) Memorial

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Details:

On the east side of the D29, right by the side of the road.


Marker
A carved stone monument with white inlaid writing on a slab of stone surrounded by a half-circle stone wall. There is an information panel nearby. 

Monument Text:

BOMBARDIER B-17 DU 94 BOMBER GROUP 410 BOMBER SQUADRON

SERIAL 42-29476

 

TOMBE AUX CHAMPS GERAUX LE 29 MAI 1943

 

LT HECOX M. LT VANDERHOOK R.V. LT MCCOY R.G. LT HARRISON C. MAJ BARTHOLD

 

SGT HILBECK H. SGT COATES G.T. SGT SNELL F.G.

SGT TASHINAIN J.G. SGT MCCOY E. SGT SYMMONDS H.D.

 

 

English translation:


B-17 bomber of the 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group

Serial no. 42-29476


Fell in the fields of Geraux on May 29, 1943

Commemorates:

People:

Randolph Connie Barthold

George T. Coates

Charles B. Harrison

Max L. Hecox

Eugene McCoy

Ronald G. McCoy

Herman Philbeck

Fred G. Snell

Harry Delbert “Dibby” Symmonds

Joseph G. “Sankis” Tashjian

Rolland V. Vanderhook

Units:

410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

94th Bomber Group, Heavy

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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