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Memorial B-24 Liberator Bomber (EV961) Warsaw

This memorial stone commemorates the crew of the Liberator bomber EV 961, which was taken down in the night of 14 August 1944 above Warsaw. The inscription on the stone reads:

"ON THE NIGHT OF 14 AUGUST 1944
WHILST BRINGING HELP
TO THE WARSAW UPRISING
THE CREW OF 178 BOMBER SQUADRON
ROYAL AIR FORCE LIBERATOR EV 961
GAVE THEIR LIVES."

"WE SALUTE THEIR MEMORY"


Below this text the names of the crew members who didn't survive the crash are mentioned:
"F/O G.D. MacRAE RCAF
Lt P.C. GOOTS SAAF
Sgt J.E. PORTER RAF/VR
Sgt R.M.C. SCOTT RAF/VR
F/S H.V. McLANAHAN RAF/VR
Sgt A. SHARPE RAF/VR"

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