On January 20, 1944, near this spot, eight airmen of the United States Army Air Forces lost their lives when their B-26 Medium Bomber of the 397th Bomb Group, 598th Bomb Squadron, crashed and burned about 1:37 PM: 1st Lt. George W. Davis of Valley Center, Kansas, pilot; 1st Lt. Robert E. Trimpe of Havana, Illinois, co-pilot; 2nd Lt. Kermit M. Bury of Maple Bluff, Wisconsin, bombardier; 2nd Lt. Robert J Miller of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, pilot; M. Sgt. Cecil C. Stewart of Fairfield, Alabama, flight chief; M. Sgt. James D. Alexander of Houston, Texas, flight chief; Cpl. James E. Cole of Calhoun City, Miss., flight engineer; and Cpl. Milton L. Rauch of Brooklyn, New York, radio operator.