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Memorial location - Taken by Isle of Man News 01 Jan 2011
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B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38856 - Taken by Nico Snyman 23 Jun 2024
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B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38856 - Taken by Nico Snyman 23 Jun 2024
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B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38856 - Taken by Nico Snyman 23 Jun 2024
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B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38856 - Taken by Nico Snyman 23 Jun 2024
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B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38856 - Taken by Nico Snyman 23 Jun 2024
Reference WMO/232405
Address:
North Barrule Mountain
between the A2 and A18
1 mile north west of Corrany
Isle of Man
Open large map- Stone Slate
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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'On this hillside at 10:25 a.m. on the 23rd April 1945 / a Flying Fortress B17G-38856 crashed with the loss of 31 / American servicemen. The aircraft belonged to the 381st heavy / bombardment group, 533rd squadron based at Ridgewell in / Essex and was on a ferry flight to Nutts corner in N. Ireland. / This memorial was erected in memory of those who lost / their lives here and in other aircraft accidents in these hills, by / Maughold Parish Commissioners and the Manx Aviation / Preservation Society on 5th August 1995.'
NB - These names are NOT recorded on the memorial but included here for reference: Charles Earl Ackerman Jr Captain Pilot Killed Edwin Augustus Hutcheson Jr Flight Officer Co-pilot Killed Martin Matyas 1st Lieutenant Navigator Killed John Philip Fedak 1st Lieutenant Bombardier Killed Wayne Wendell Hart 1st Lieutenant Air Observer Killed David Howard Lindon Technical Sergeant Flight Engineer Killed Wesley Malcolm Hagen Technical Sergeant Radio Operator Killed Earl Graham Ammerman Corporal Passenger Killed Edward Gene Bailey Corporal Passenger Killed Andrew Robertson Barbour Private Passenger Killed Thomas Peter Flaherty Corporal Passenger Killed William Everett Geist Technical Sergeant Passenger Killed Edward Gelman Master Sergeant Passenger Killed Ralph Laverne Gibbs Staff Sergeant Passenger Killed Joseph Lee Grey Technical Sergeant Passenger Killed Herbert Clarence Gupton Jr Corporal Passenger Killed Irvin Russell Hargraves Sergeant Passenger Killed James Maxon Hinkle 1st Lieutenant Passenger Killed Michael Joseph Kakos Jr Sergeant Passenger Killed Wayne Kenneth Manes Staff Sergeant Passenger Killed Jose Maximinio Martinez Sergeant Passenger Killed Alfred Mares Mata Staff Sergeant Passenger (Air Gunner) Killed Leslie Howe Maxwell Corporal Passenger Killed Walter Alexander McCullough T/5 Passenger Killed Lawrence Edward McGhehey 1st Lieutenant Passenger Killed Andrew Piter Jr T/4 Passenger Killed Angelo Quagliariello Private First Class Passenger Killed Merle Morran Ramsowr Corporal Passenger Killed Joseph William Sullivan Technical Sergeant Passenger Killed Harry Super Corporal Passenger Killed Edwin Charles Ullman Sergeant Passenger Killed
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