LT Lovelace
Details:
An engraving on the base of the town war memorial.
LT Lovelace and Sgt Syra were two members of a B24 crew shot down here on during the night of 4-5 July 1944. Five members of the crew survived and escaped. One was taken prisoner. Lovelace and Syra were killed, and are honored on the town's war memorial.
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF THE TWO AMERICAN AVIATORS
2/LT JAMES J.[sic] LOVELACE - SGT/C ELLIS H. SYRA
JULY 5, 1944
English translation:
IN MEMORY OF TWO AMERICAN AVIATORS
2LT JAMES J.[sic] LOVELACE - SERGEANT/C ELLIS H. SYRA
5 JULY 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
850th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomber Group, Heavy
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII