B-17 Fortress Lakanuki Crash
Monument in memory of the American crew of the B-17 Fortress "Lakanuki" of the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th bomb squadron, 8th US Air Force Army, shot down by a German Focke- wulf 190 on July 4, 1943 at Grand Breil.
Of the 10 crew members, 9 died:
★2nd Lt Lawrence Wayne Myer, pilot, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer plot A cemetery, row 9, grave 13.
★2nd Lt Norman Alton Gauntt, co-pilot, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery plot I, row 27, grave 10.
★2nd Lt Thomas Henty Brzoznowski, navigator, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery plot I, row 27, grave 16.
★T/Sgt Jack Davidson, radio, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery plot I, row 25, grave 32.
★T/Sgt James Lynn LaRue, mechanic, age 28, rests in the USA.
★Sgt Kenneth Eldon Christensen, machine gunner, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer plot I, row 27, grave 14.
★S/Sgt Floyd C Jr Hubble, machine gunner, lies in Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery plot I, row 27, grave 28.
★Sgt James Thomas Carter, machine-gunner, rests in the USA.
The sole surviving
★S/Sgt David L Butcher machine-gunner (will be able to reach England thanks to the Resistance).
Photo credit and contribution Le Bourvellec Eric
