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B-26 Marauder 'My Gal II' (43-34605) Crash Memorial

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Details:

By the side of Le Croc de Fontin dirt road.


Monument
A white tombstone bearing two plaques surmounted by a cross, both honoring American aviators. The monument has a shallow pit in front and is surrounded by four white posts and two flag poles, as well as bushes on three sides.

Monument Text:

Guerre 1945

Fontain le 19.11.1945.15H30

Souvenir en la memoire de

6 aviateurs Americains

decedes tragiquement en ce lieu

Souvenirs - Regrets



 

2EME LIEUTENANT MAC-CURDY ARTHUR

PILOTE           NE LE 9 FEVRIER 1921

ETAT DU WISCONSIN

 

1ER LIEUTENANT CUDWORTH ELMER

COPILOTE     NE LE 29 MAI 1916

ETAT DE NEW YORK

 

SERGEANT CHEF HILL JOHN

BOMBARDIER           NE LE 9 OCTOBRE 1918

ETAT DE COLORADO

 

SERGEANT CHEF BENTAS NICHOLAS

MECHANICIEN-MITRAILLEUR                    NE LE 11 MAI 1922

ETAT DU MICHIGAN

 

SERGEANT CHEF RAHL LLOYD

RADIO-MITRAILLEUR          NE LE 16 OCTOBRE 1923

ETAT DU MICHIGAN

 

SERGEANT CHEF TOTHAMER HENRY

NAVIGATEUR-MITRAILLEUR          NE LE 19 AVRIL 1911

ETAT DE CALIFORNIE

 


 

English translation:

 

The War of 1945

In remembrance of the memory of

6 American aviators

who were tragically killed in this area

Memories – Regrets



 

2nd LIEUTENANT MAC-CURDY ARTHUR

PILOT           BORN 9 FEBRUARY 1921

STATE OF WISCONSIN

 

1ST LIEUTENANT CUDWORTH ELMER

COPILOT     BORN 29 MAY 1916

STATE OF NEW YORK

 

SERGEANT CHEF HILL JOHN

BOMBARDIER           BORN  9 OCTOBER 1918

STATE OF COLORADO

 

SERGEANT CHEF BENTAS NICHOLAS

MECHANIC-GUNNER                    BORN 11 MAY 1922

STATE OF MICHIGAN

 

SERGEANT CHEF RAHL LLOYD

RADIO-GUNNER          BORN 16 OCTOBER 1923

STATE OF MICHIGAN

 

SERGEANT CHEF TOTHAMER HENRY

NAVIGATOR-GUNNER         BORN 19 APRIL 1911

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Commemorates:

People:

Nicholas Bentas

Elmer L. Jr. Cudworth

John Clayton Hill

Arthur L. McCurdy

Lloyd A. Rahl

Henry Peter, Jr. Tothammer

Units:

320th Bomber Group (Medium)

42nd Bomb Wing (Med)

441st Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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