Airborne Troop Carrier Command
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:
Units:
84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group
Wars:
WWII
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