Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Reinhardt M. King & Crew
8th Air Force
Inscription.
Neil Wright Jr CP
Edward McGlynn N
Francis Petrillo B
Maynard Unger R
Cecil Floura E
Robert Dwyer LW
Julius Mann RW
Albert Pollard BT
Joseph Lyons TG
Schweinfurt - 17 August 1943 - All POW's
Dedicated in Loving Memory by the Crew Family and Friends
of
Reinhardt M "Pop" King
Location. 32° 6.9′ N, 81° 14.228′ W. Marker is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. Touch for map. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Marker is at or near this postal address: 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler GA 31322, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 452nd Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); Butler's Bums (here, next to this marker); Lt. Colonel James A. Verinis (here, next to this marker); 447th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); Blitzing Betsy (a few steps from this marker); In Memory Of...Best Of Friends (a few steps from this marker); The Duchess (a few steps from this marker); Our Beloved Brothers (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.
Also see . . . 381st Bombardment Group - Eighth Air Force Historical Society. Specific targets included an aircraft assembly plant at Villacoublay, an airdrome at Amiens, locks at St Nazaire, an aircraft engine factory at Le Mans, nitrate works in Norway, aircraft plants in Brussels, industrial areas of Munster, U-boat yards at Kiel, marshalling yards at Offenberg, aircraft factories at Kassel, aircraft assembly plants at Leipzig, oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen, and ball-bearing works at Schweinfurt. (Submitted on August 22, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Categories. • War, World II •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on August 22, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 303 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.