75 years of Liberation Photo Route: 466th Bomb Group

At 25 locations in Valkenburg aan de Geul, photos are located exactly where an important moment took place 75 years ago. The photo shows the past, the place itself the present.

466th Bomb Group
On March 12, 1945, an American B-24 Liberator crashed here, after the plane had lost three engines and the entire crew had escaped to safety with their parachutes. The team, led by pilot 1st Lieutenant Charles A. Felts, carried out 17 combat missions until the capitulation of Germany, including the mission that ended in the crash at Sibbe. Standing (from left to right): Charles Dondes (N), Edmond Cody Hall (CP), Charles A. Felts (P), Edwin N. Kimmel (B). Kneeling Front Row: Edward J. Weidner (WG), Martin Tarlosky (NG), Merritt W. McLaughlin (FE), Clinton E. Swanson (TG), Harry J. Bender (WG), Marvin Allard (R/O).

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Jean van Wersch