Harmony in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
B-24 Bomber Crash
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 15, 2017
1. B-24 Bomber Crash Marker/Memorial
On July 15, 1944 an army air force B-24 bomber piloted by Blockville native Lt. Levine Nelson fell from the sky two hundred yards from this monument. The aircraft and crew were in route to the European theater of World War II. Six of the nine crewmen including Lt. Nelson perished in the inferno.
Let us remember all our sons and daughters who have sacrificed for our freedom.
Cpl. Cleo Boody - casualty
Sgt. Arthur L. Brown - casualty
Sgt. James W. Caldwell Jr. - survived
2nd Lt. John Jurcazak - casualty
Cpl. Phillip J. Marks - survived
Cpl. Louis R. Moldovan - survived
2nd Lt. Levine S. Nelson - casualty
2nd Lt. Vernon E. Splitz - casualty
Cpl. Harold L. Stanley - casualty
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is July 15, 1944.
Location. 42° 5.152′ N, 79° 24.747′ W. Memorial is in Harmony, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is on Open Meadows Road (County Route 35) half a mile south of Spooner Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1943 Open Meadows Road, Ashville NY 14710, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Patriot Burials (approx. 1.9
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 15, 2017
2. B-24 Bomber Crash Marker/Memorial
Memorial plaque is on a stone on the front lawn of the Harmony Historical Society Museum.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 15, 2017
3. B-24 Bomber Crash Marker/Memorial
Memorial & Harmony Historical Society Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 1,678 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 17, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
