B-17 crew memorial plaque
Source: American War Memorials Overseas, Inc.
The Belfast Zoo contains a monument to an American B-17 crew that crashed into the adjacent hill in 1944. Address: Antrim Road , BT36 7PN , Belfast , , Northern Ireland , UK Five miles from central Belfast, on the side of Cave Hill, at the top of Antrim Road. At the very end of the zoo, near the furthest toilets and picnic area, next to the Vicuna enclosure. Monument A concrete pillar with unit insignia on the side and a dark stone plaque on the ground in front of it commemorate an American B-17 crew that lost their bearings in heavy fog and crashed inearby. , Belfast Zoo, Antrim Road, Belfast , Antrim, Down, BT36 7PN, Northern Ireland
NW 45836 36271
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Made from: Concrete
Condition: Good
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good