UPL 19150
IMAGEPlaque 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 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37426819
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15329492
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner