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B-24 Liberator 42-50603 Crash Memorial

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Details:

On the E side of the D570, just S of its intersection with the Rue de Lebeuville.

Monument
A vertical slab of brown rock set on a small gravel plot and bearing a white inscription commemorating the aircrew of the B-24 that crashed in the area during WWII as part of Operation Carpetbagger.

Monument Text:

A LA MEMOIRE DES AVIATEURS AMERICAINS

TOMBES A BAINVILLE-AUX-MIROIRS

LE 16 SEPT 1944

EN APPORTANT ARMES ET MATERIEL

A LA RESISTANCE FRANCAISE

 

 

1/Lt Carl L. Lee

1/Lt George F. Bradbury

2/Lt Ernest G. Skwarn

T/Sgt Alforne A. De Vries

S/Sgt James G. Pirtle

S/Sgt Merril G. Brewer

 

 

858 Bomb SQ. 492 Bomb GP (H)

 

English translation:

 

In memory of the American aviators

that fell in Bainville-aux-Miroirs

on September 16th, 1944

while resupplying the French Resistance

with weapons and materiel.

 

1/Lt Carl L. Lee

1/Lt George F. Bradbury

2/Lt Ernest G. Skwarn

T/Sgt Alforne A. De Vries

S/Sgt James G. Pirtle

S/Sgt Merril G. Brewer

 

 

 

858 Bomb SQ. 492 Bomb GP (H)

Commemorates:

People:

George F. Bradbury

Merrill E. Brewer

Alforne A. DeVries

Carl E. Lee Jr.

James G. Pirtle

Ernest C. Skwara

Units:

492nd Bomber Group

858th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group, Heavy

8th Air Force

French Resistance

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Operation Carpetbagger

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