B17 Flying Fortress Memorial, Carlton Colville, nr Lowestoft, Suffolk

DURING WORLD WAR II AN

AMERICAN 'FLYING FORTRESS'

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THIS AREA

THE PILOT 2/LT. PORTSCH AND

NAVIGATOR STF/SGT. SEAVERT

WERE KILLED. THEIR HOMELAND

WAS NEW JERSEY & OHIO U.S.A.

THIS INCIDENT IS COMMEMORATED

BY FOUR NAMED ROADS.

 

Plaque dedicated by:

Colonel Walter Berg

81st Tactical Wing

Bentwaters USAF Suffolk

and

Rev. Frank Dyson

Rector of Pakefield

11th December 1992

 

ERECTED BY CH-CW LARKIN

ENGRAVING G.C. WILSON

 

 

This memorial is located in Ribblesdale, Carlton Colville, Suffolk

Done