Flying Fortress B17G - 38856 Aircraft Memorial, North Barrule

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Reference WMO/232405

Address:

North Barrule Mountain

between the A2 and A18

1 mile north west of Corrany

Isle of Man

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Outside - hilltop/field/countryside
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Slate tablet set into large boulder at the site of the crash of Flying Fortress B17G-38856 which crashed on North Barrule, the Isle of man's second highest peak, 23 April 1945 with the loss of 31 lives. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Ridgewell in Esssex to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland with a normal ferry crew and a large number of passengers. These passengers were additional aircrew and ground crew travelling to Northern Ireland for a short period of leave. The aircraft was on course flying in low cloud when it crossed the coast of the Isle of Man. Shortly after the aircraft passed over Glen Mona and Corrany before flying into the steep southern slope of North Barrule about 200ft short of the summit of the hill. The aircraft disintegrated with most of the airframe being consumed by fire. Memorial erected 5 August 1995. Exact location of memorial: N54°17.325 W004° 23.628. The most direct route is on the path up from the Hibernia but this is very steep. The best route by far is to park at the Mountain Box and approach over Clagh Ouyr and follow the ridgeline. Highly recommended that you have the Isle of Man O/S Map also good boots also pack waterproofs as the weather can turn very quickly up on the ridge. Isle of Man National Inventory of War Memorials: IOM_NIWM_MAU_00007
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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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