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Crash Halifax B-24 Liberator

In this place on the night of July 18-19, 1944 crashed the two planes in charge of supplying the Maquis Camille and the British SAS.
The Halifaxof the 138 Squadron and the B-24 Liberator of the 801st Bomb Group, 850th Bomb Squadron of the 8th US Air Force Army.

Halifax
★ F/Lt John A. Kidd, pilot, deceased, 20 years old, lies in communal cemetery.
★ F/O Kennet R. Urquhart, navigator,23 years old, deceased, lies in communal cemetery.
★ Sgt Grayham B. Byrne, Machine Gunner, deceased, 21 years old, lies in communal cemetery.
★ Sgt James R. Moody, Machine Gunner, deceased, 20 years old, lies in communal cemetery.
★ P/O Cyril Frederick T. Miles, Mechanic, age 21, lies in communal cemetery.
★ F/Sgt Bernard Stroud, Bombardier, deceased, age 20, lies in communal cemetery.
★ Sgt Charlie Taylor, Radio, deceased, lies in communal cemetery.

B-24 Liberator
1Lt David A. Michelson, Pilot,deceased lies in American Epinal Cemetery.
Lt John P. Jr Shaw, co-pilot, deceased rests at Ardennes American Cemetery;
2lt Donald C. Boyde, navigator, age 27, deceased rests in USA.
S/Sgt William J. Hovanec, Radio, deceased lies at American Epinal Cemetery.
S/Sgt Arnold Marinoff, missing.
T/Sgt Duncan L. Patterson, mechanic, deceased lies at American Epinal Cemetery.
2LT Melvin Weiss, bombardier, deceased, rests at American Epinal Cemetery.
S/Sgt Enoch K. Jr Wooten, machine gunner, deceased, rests in the USA.

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