Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Blitzing Betsy
Eighth Air Force
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Blitzing Betsy Marker
Crashed Zwartemeer, Netherlands
388 Bomb GP 562nd Sqdn
P 1Lt Lowell H. Watts POW
CP 1Lt Robert M. Kennedy POW
N 1Lt Emmett J. Murphy POW
B 1st Lt Edward J Kelley POW
AE TSgt Joe B. Ramsey POW
RO TSgt Ivan N. Finkle POW
BT SSgt Robert M. Sweeney KIA
LW SSgt Donald W. Taylor KIA
RW SSgt Raymond E. Hess KIA
TG SSgt H. A. Brassfield KIA
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 32° 6.906′ N, 81° 14.234′ W. Marker is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is on Bourne Ave. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and in Greater Savannah. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory Of...Best Of Friends (here, next to this marker); 447th Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); Our Beloved Brothers (here, next to this marker); Lt. Colonel James A. Verinis (here, next to this marker); Butler's Bums (here, next to this marker); The Duchess (here,
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Photographed by 388BG. org
2. Blitzing Betsy
Back row from left to right
Lowell Watts - Pilot
Robert Kennedy - Copilot
Emmet Murphy - Navigator
Joe Kelley - Bombardier
Front row from left to right
Joe Ramsey - Engineer
R. E. Hess - Waist Gunner
Ivan Finkle - Radio Operator
R. H. Sweeney - Ball Turret
Harold A. Brassfield - Tail Gunner
Donald Taylor - Waist Gunner
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
3. Blitzing Betsy Marker as indicated by white arrow
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
4. Blitzing Betsy Marker at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 677 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 3, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 2, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
