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Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L

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  • Nom
    Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
  • Date
    1944-06-24
  • Lieu
    VALLÈRES
  • Contribution
    Garnier Julien
  • ID
    1725.1835

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Memorials
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L

Memorial in honor of the crew of the bomber the flying fortress B-17 "The Betty L"  of the 381st Bomb Group, 534th Bomb Squadron of the 8th US Air Force, shot down by the German FLAK on June 24, 1944.
Crew
 2nd Lt Richard L Kellum. Co-pilot, age 23, deceased, rests in USA.
 S/Sgt Paul G Cosandier. Radio, deceased, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer American Military Cemetery Plot D, Row 21, Grave 42.
 Sgt Grover L Scoggins, machine gunner, deceased, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer American Military Cemetery Plot D, Row 25, Grave 42
 Sgt Harry E Owens, Machine Gunner, deceased, lies in USA.


Prisoned or rescued by the resistance:
 2nd Lt Victor R Romasco, pilot, captured.
 F.O James H Chandler, navigator, captured.
 2nd Lt Ray L Stewart, bombardier.
 Sgt Elbert F Giddens, mechanic, captured.
 S/Sgt Ernest L Waldow, machine gunner, captured.

 
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
Crédit photo Julien Garnier.
Memoriaux
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
Crédit photo Julien Garnier.
Memoriaux
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
Crédit photo Julien Garnier.
Memoriaux
Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L
Crédit photo Julien Garnier.
Memoriaux

Crash B-17 Fortress The Betty L

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