B-24 Liberator 42-50603 Crash Memorial
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:
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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