USAAF Liberator Bomber Ruth-Less crash

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Reference WMO/281859

Address:

Butts Brow

Butts Lane

Willingdon

Eastbourne

BN20 9DP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Outside - hilltop/field/countryside
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A metal plaque, with image of Liberator Bomber and badge at top, showing dedication and names in black, lowercase, incised lettering
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In memory of the crew of a B-24D Liberator Bomber/ No 41-24282 BAR Y "RUTH-LESS"/ of/ 506 Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, U.S.A.A.F./ who all lost their lives when,/ badly damaged by enemy action and in very low cloud,/ the aircraft crashed here on February 2nd 1944/ (10 Names)/ OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES/ FAR FROM HOME

1st Lt James O Bolin Pine Bluff Arkansas/ 1st Lt Harold W Schwab Bronx New York/ 1st Lt Orville L Wulff De-Smet South Dakota/ 2nd Lt Edward J Ackerman Brooklyn New York/ T Sgt James H Bales Dayton Tennessee/ T Sgt Chester W Yurick Needaham Massachusetts/ S Sgt George M Dewald Norristown Pennsylvania/ S Sgt Aubrey J Maloy Hacoda Alabama/ S Sgt Ralph E Strait Saluvia Pennsylvania/ S Sgt James L Wilson Easley South Carolina

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