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Memorial Crash B24 Liberator Exloo

(Netherlands, the - Drenthe - Exloo)

This memorial commemorates the crash of an American B-24 Liberator on this location, on 11 January 1944..

All crewmembers were killed. Their names were:
2nd Lt. James E. Urban
2nd Lt. Alden P. Anthony
2nd Lt. Stanley Friedman
2nd Lt. Fred Brenner
S/Sgt. Howard M. Smith
S/Sgt. Wendell P. Mc Clellan
T/Sgt. Roy D. Barber
S/Sgt. Joseph D. Deffner
S/Sgt. John J. Kelly
S/Sgt. George Petula

For each crewmember is a stone (laid in 1947) and a tree.

Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei

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