Crash B-17 fortress El Diablo
Stele in memory of the American crew of the B-17 Fortress "El Diablo" of the 379th Bomb Group, 524th Bomb Squadron of the 8th US Air Force Army, shot down on September 16, 1943 by a German Focke Wulf 190 fighter at this location.
2 crew members were killed:
★2nd/Lt Floyd H Jamerson, pilot.
★T/Sgt John F Paznar, radio operator.
2 on the run
★1st/Lt John N Beilstein, bombardier.
★S/Sgt John Semach, machine gunner.
and 6 were taken prisoner
★2nd/Lt Joseph F Burkowski, navigator.
★S/Sgt Alvin M Rabun, machine gunner.
★S/Sgt Howard E Moody, machine gunner.
★S/Sgt James P Reid, machine gunner.
★T/Sgt Charles T Gray, machine gunner,
★2nd/Lt Earl H Guyette, co-pilot.
Photo credit and contribution Le Bourvellec Eric
