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B-17 (42-31594) 'Sweaters Out' Crash Marker

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Details:

On the forest path near Bergheim at its main intersection.

Marker
A small weather-beaten boulder bearing an orange plaque with white lettering commemorating US aviators that crashed there during WWII.

Monument Text:

EN CE LIEU, S'EST ECRASEE LE 27 MAI 1944,

LA FORTERESSE VOLANTE B-17

"SWEATER OUT"

 

(8é US AIR FORCE - 457é GROUPE DE BOMBARDEMENT)

ABATTU PAR LA CHASSE ALLEMANDE

 

Les aviateurs Artie J. WHITLOW et Paul R. ISKER ont trouve la mort lors de ce "crash" James V. AMBROSE, Paul R. CLARK, Robert H. CUNNINGHAM, Daniel G. McLAUGHLIN, Lovell O'MASTERS, Robert V. TOWLE ont ete fait prisonniers de guerre ("POW") Roe S. WOODIS a pu s'echapper par la Suisse et rejoindre sa base en Grande Bretagne

 

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"Afin que perdure éternellement en notre mémoire le souvenir de ces vaillants aviateurs américains du 457é groupe de bombardement qui, durant la 2é guerre mondiale, donnérent leur vie afin de préserver la Liberte."

(Inscription du Memorial, ville de Glatton - aeroport de depart de Sweater Out)

 

Stéle inauguree le 20 Mai 2009 par Pierre Bihl Conseiller Général, Maire de Bergheim

 

 

English translation:

 

IN THIS PLACE, CRASHED ON MAY 27, 1944,

THE FLYING FORTRESS B-17

"SWEATER OUT"

 

(8th US AIR FORCE - 457th BOMBARDMENT GROUP)

SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS

 

Airmen Artie J. WHITLOW and Paul R. ISKER were killed in the crash. AMBROSE, Paul R. CLARK, Robert H. CUNNINGHAM, Daniel G. McLAUGHLIN, Lovell O'MASTERS, Robert V. Roe S. WOODIS were able to escape through Switzerland to their base in Great Britain.

 

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"That the memory of those valiant American airmen of the 457th Bombardment Group who, during World War II, gave their lives to preserve the Liberation, may live on forever.

(Memorial inscription, City of Glatton - Sweater Out Airport)

 

Inaugurated on May 20th 2009 by Pierre Bihl, General Councillor, Mayor of Bergheim

 

Commemorates:

People:

James V. Ambrose

Paul Raymond Clark

Robert Howard Cunningham

Paul R. Isker

Daniel G. McLaughlin

Lovell O'Masters

Robert V. Towle

Artie Junior Whitlow

Roe Stanley Woodis

Units:

392nd Bomb Group

457th Bomber Group (H)

751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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