Memorial Crash B 17-35-VE Echt

This monument in Echt (municipality of Echt-Susteren) commemorates the crew of a Flying Fortress that crashed here on 20 October 1943.

Text on the plaque:

i]B 17-35-VE
CRASHED 20-10-43
FRED BROWNING
DAVID E. CARR
WILLIAM G. COKINS
JOHN S. DURAKOV
LYLE V. FRYER
GEORGE A. GOOD
CHESTER A. LISTEWSKY
CLIFFORD G. McILVEEN
JOSEPH F. PITTMAN
EDWIN D. RINKENBERGER.

The crew survived the crash and were taken prisoner of war.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze