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Tablet in situ - Taken by Isle of Man Today newspaper 01 Apr 2015
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Detail of plaque - Taken by Manx Aviation Preservation Society 01 Jan 2016
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Flying Fortress Memorial, Spanish Head/Perwick Bay - Taken by Robert Brunsdon 15 Mar 2016
Reference WMO/223225
Address:
Coastal footpath
Between Spanish Head and Perwick Bay
Port St Mary
IM9 6HL
Isle of Man
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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On the 14th April 1945 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 42-37840 named 'COMBINED OPERATIONS' of the 306th Bomb Group, US Army 8th Air Force crashed here with the loss of all crew and passengers The crew Pilot: 1st Lieutenant Robert Arthur Vielle, 23 Second Pilot: 2nd Lieutenant Collins Edward Liersch, 22 Navigator: Flight Officer Howard Edward LeCompte Jr, 24 Engineer: Technical Sergeant Earnest Earl Gallion, 21 Radio Operator: Staff Sergeant Chester Frank Smalczewski, 21 The Passengers: Captain Wilber Bradley Butterfield, 24 Captain George E. Cubberley, 32 2nd Lieutenant Austin J. Parrish, 28 Master Sergeant Derrell Sevier Jones, 35 Technical Sergeant William C. Starbuck, 27 Emily Harper Rea, American Red Cross, 33 This memorial was erected by Rushen Parish Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society 14th April 2012
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