pericles

"Take these men as your example, like them remember that posterity can only be for the free: that freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it." Pericles, 431 BC

Monday 5 August 2013

Hardwick: Roadside Cross

52.46049, 1.31006
TM 249 898
photos taken 25 August 2012




REMEMBER THESE MEN BEFORE GOD WITH THANKSGIVING
THE GALLANT CREW OF B24 42-50597
OF THE 93RD BG (TRANSFER FROM 446TH BG)
2 ADA, 8TH USAAF
WHICH CRASHED IN FOG DURING TAKEOFF
AT HARDWICK, ENGLAND ON 19 DEC 1944
IN A VALIANT ATTEMPT TO DELIVER AIR SUPPORT
TO THE BELEAGUERED GROUND FORCES IN BELGIUM
DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

THESE MEN DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

1LT ROBERT W. MARX, PILOT
1LT WILLIAM H. YOUNG, CO-PILOT
1LT JOHN D CAMP, NAVIGATOR
1ST LT H. DAVID FULMER JR., BOMBADIER
2LT R.K. LOCKER
T/SGT FRANK H. WHITTEN,
ENGINEER T/SGT BENJAMIN C.WIEGAND
S/SGT FRED O. PETTIGREW
S/SGT RALPH E. GIFFORD
S/SGT ROBERT A. HUGHES
S/SGT HAROLD CLICKMAN

BURIED AT THE AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY AT CAMBRIDGE
LEST WE FORGET

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