UPL 19150

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Plaque in Saint-Rémy near Chimay, Belgium to the memory of the eight US airmen who were savagely executed by Germans soldiers on 22 April 1944 and of the two Belgian Underground members who had been arrested that same day and who died in German camps. The names : * Sgt Vincent Reese, aged 22 [ Right Waist Gunner on #42-39795 - 303BG/359BS - lost 30 December 1943 ] * Sgt Orian Owens, aged 24, * Sgt Charles Nichols, aged 23 and * Sgt John Gemborski, aged 21 [ all 3 on board #42-30782 of 306BG/368BS, lost 11 January 1944 ] * Lt George Eike, aged 23, * 2nd Lt Robert Benninger, aged 21 and * Sgt John Pindroch, aged 19 [ all three on board #42-31499 - 306BG/369BS - lost 2 February 1944 ] * 2nd Lt William Huish, aged 24 [ Navigator on #42-29656 - 91BG/322BS lost on 20 February 1944 ] The two Belgians : * Henri Fontaine, aged 25 [ deported; disappeared in Koblenz, Germany ] * Joseph Simon, aged 21 [ died in the Dachau concentration camp, Germany ]

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685369
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748164
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36608853
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19110484 and O-750196
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39082264
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Terrible Ten : Skunkface
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Susan Ruth
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Woman's Home Companion
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

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Research on those 4 aircraft and the Saint-Rémy massacre

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Modified presentation of names in the photo caption

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Caption" - "executed" was misspelled.

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