Crash site B-17G 42-97808 Grand-Leez

Monument commemorating the forced landing on 29 May 1944, of B-17G 42-97808 of the 452nd Bombardment Group, 729th Bombardment Squadron.
The crew survived the crash but were taken prisoner of war.
Sec. Lt. Stanley Lowell (pilot)
Sec. Lt. Ted Matsel (copilot)
Sec. Lt. Edgard Smith (navigator)
Sec. Lt. Boyd Bellamy (bomb aimer)
Sgt. John Kinsler (side gunner)
Sgt. Jay Sterrett (radio operator)
Sgt. David Wright (flight engineer)
Sgt. Ralph Little (ball turret gunner)
Sgt. Carlyle Gardner (side gunner)
Sgt. Raymond Sutton (street gunner)

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://www.hangarflying.eu/