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Airborne Troop Carrier Command

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Details:

Located in the center of southeast side of the square/parking lot in Hoogeloon, The Netherlands.  Plaque Commemorates the sacrifice of four crewmen from the Airborne Troop Carrier Command whose plane crashed in Hoogeloon when hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire on 17 September 1944.

Monument Text:

ter gedachtenis aan
William B Williams 25 jaar
John E Burke 25 jaar
Nick Pehote 22 jaar
Jacob Faasse 33 jaar
Hoogeloon 17-09-1944
die voor onze bevryding hun leven gaven

English translation:
in memory of 
William B Williams 25 years 
John E Burke 25 years 
Nick Pehote 22 years 
Jacob Faasse 33 years 
Hoogeloon 17-09-1944 
that our liberators gave their lives

Commemorates:

People:

John E. Burke

Jacob Faasse

Nick Pehote

William B. Williams

Units:

84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group

Wars:

WWII

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