Monument Details

B-24 Liberator 'Trouble' (42-41013) Memorial Plaque

Details:

By the northern wall of the local town church, next to the town's monument to the dead.

Marker

A small weathered white plaque commemorating American aviators surmounted by the picture of a B-24 and the 8th Air Force's crest with a US flag.

B-24 "Trouble" (42-41013), 389th Bomber Group, was shot down by the German Ace, Egon Mayer, near Orleans, France on January 7, 1944, All perished in the crash except for one, that evaded capture with the help of the French Resistance.

Monument Text:

A LA MEMOIRE DES 10 AVIATEURS

AMERICAINS TUES LE 7 JANVIER 1944

MAJ CALDWELL KENNETH M. - PILOTE

CAPT WILHITE DAVID L. - PILOTE

1/LT. DAILY WENDELL - OBSERVATEUR

1/LT. ROODMAN HAROLD - NAVIGATEUR

1/LT. MCCONNELL JAMES J. - BOMBARDIER

T/SGT. SAUNDERS HAROLD L. - MECANICIEN

T/SGT. FLATTER SAMUEL F. - RADIO

S/SGT. SNYDER MAX J. - MITRAILLEUR

S/SGT. DEWITT CHARLES O. - MITRAILLEUR

S/SGT. CAPLINGER CHARLES R. - MITRAILLEUR

ET EN HOMMAGE AU SEUL SURVIVANT

SGT. SWEATT ROBERT H. - MITRAILLEUR

English translation:

IN MEMORY OF THE 10 AMERICAN AIRMEN

KILLED ON JANUARY 7, 1944

MAJ CALDWELL KENNETH M. - PILOT

CAPT WILHITE DAVID L. - PILOT

1/LT. DAILY WENDELL - OBSERVER

1/LT. ROODMAN HAROLD - NAVIGATOR

1/LT. MCCONNELL JAMES J. - BOMBARDIER

T/SGT. SAUNDERS HAROLD L. - MECHANIC

T/SGT. FLATTER SAMUEL F. - RADIO

S/SGT. SNYDER MAX J. - GUNNER

S/SGT. DEWITT CHARLES O. - GUNNER

S/SGT. CAPLINGER CHARLES R. - GUNNER

AND IN TRIBUTE TO THE ONLY SURVIVOR

SGT. SWEATT ROBERT H. - GUNNER

Commemorates:

People:

Kenneth Marion �Ken� Caldwell

Robert Houston �Bob�, Sr. Sweatt

David L. Wilhite

Units:

389th Bomber Group (Heavy)

566th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, Heavy

8th Air Force

French Resistance

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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