B-17 'She's My Gal II' aka 'Junior' - Oranje NL
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Memorial on crash site B-17 'She's My Gal II' aka 'Junior' located Oranjekanaal Zuidzijde near Oranje, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMQFMW
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/22/2016
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Missing in action during a flight to Berlin on March 6, 1944.
All 10 crew members survived the crash.
7 become Prisoner of War and 3 evaded capture.
This monument is a boulder with bronze plaque. The monument is 90 centimeters high, 50 centimeters wide and 40 centimeters deep.
The text on the plaque reads:
"REMINDER TO THE CRASH
THE AMERICAN B17
BOMBER
"JUNIOR"
CREW MEMBERS:
LT. G.B. LLOYD
LT. WYLLIS P. JONES
LT. ELTON SKINNER
LT. RUSSEL ALLMAN
S/SGT. MARION GILMOR
SGT. GEORGE R. ROBINSON
SGT. JOHN JANSSEN
SGT. PORTER B. HYGHT
SGT. VICTOR P. VALEK
SGT. RALPH R. RICE
HAVING IT ALL SURVIVED
6-3-1944
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