Memorial plaque to 10 USAF airmen
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Memorial plaque to 10 USAF airmen by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Memorial plaque to 10 USAF airmen
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 3 Aug 2010
Just outside the south porch is this memorial to 10 members of 564 Bomber Squadron USAF whose aircraft crashed in Costessey on 7th March 1945. They were one of the "Sky Scorpions" squadrons who were based at RAF Hethel. They were members of the crew of pilot Lt. Dale E. Williams on the aircraft "Shazam". Their target for the day was the Soest Marshaling Yards. They crashed shortly after take off in cloudy weather with heavy icing. Among the crew were: 1st Lt. George E. Benko, O-714616, Co-Pilot, born on 19 November 1921, he entered the service from Ohio and 2nd Lt. Richard K. Angert, O-2074562, Navigator, born on 2 December 1919, he entered the service on 14 October 1944 from Chillicothe, Ohio. The aircraft, a B-24, of 564th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group (H), 8th Air Force. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6317062
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.665933
Longitude
1.218034