Photograph of Dedication Plaque on "Texas Terror" Memorial, Ingham, Queensland, Australia
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Title
Photograph of Dedication Plaque on "Texas Terror" Memorial, Ingham, Queensland, Australia
Subject
Dewey Hooper, Elon College Class of 1940
Description
This is a dedication plaque on the "Texas Terror" plane crash memorial in Ingham, Queensland, Australia. The plaque has the names of the five crew members and seven passengers who perished in the crash on December 18, 1942. The plaque also has the insignias of the United States of America, the United States 5th Air Force, the "Jolly Rogers" of the 90th Bombardment Wing (the unit Dewey Hooper was assigned to), and the 8th Pursuit Group (the unit Captain Carl H. Silber was assigned to).
Creator
Added by DCB to Find-A-Grave website page for 2LT Dewey G. Hooper, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/803691/dewey-g-hooper
Source
Find-A-Grave website page for 2LT Dewey G. Hooper, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/803691/dewey-g-hooper
Publisher
See Creator
Date
Unknown
Contributor
See Creator
Rights
Public Domain
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Photograph
Coverage
Second World War
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
JPEG
Collection
Citation
Added by DCB to Find-A-Grave website page for 2LT Dewey G. Hooper, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/803691/dewey-g-hooper, “Photograph of Dedication Plaque on "Texas Terror" Memorial, Ingham, Queensland, Australia,” Elon University Archives and Special Collections, accessed May 2, 2024, https://belkarchives.omeka.net/items/show/76.