B-17 'Snafu' (42-29476) Memorial
Details:
On the east side of the D29, right by the side of the road.
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:
Harry Delbert “Dibby” Symmonds
Units:
410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy
94th Bomber Group, Heavy
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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