Stanwick Lakes, East Northamptonshire

In East Northamptonshire, in the Stanwick Lakes Nature Reserve & Country Park, stands a memorial monument dedicated to the June Bug (B-17G 42-31516)⇗ crew and the 303rd Bomb Group's Hell's Angels II (B-17G 42-38041). 

On February 22, 1944, the 384th Bomb Group launched 33 aircraft for a mission to Germany, but heavy cloud cover and winter storms forced 21 of them to abort over the UK. During the chaos of these poor conditions, two B-17s, June Bug and Hell's Angels II, collided mid-air at 7,000 feet near Stanwick. The collision sent both bombers crashing into the countryside, leaving only three survivors from the combined twenty crewmembers. The memorial was built in 2024 and funded by Stanwick Lakes. It was dedicated on the 80th anniversary of the crash.

June Bug crewmembers:

• 2nd Lt. Sydney Ryland Jeter⇗, Age: 25 (Pilot, KIA)

Hometown: Hanover County, Virginia

Missions flown: 14

Resting place: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot C, Row 1, Grave 60

• 2nd Lt. George Frederick Schutz⇗, Age: 26 (Co-Pilot, KIA)

Hometown: Norborne, Missouri

Missions flown: 5

Resting place: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 41

• 2nd Lt. William Eugene Bailey⇗, (Navigator, Survivor)

Missions flown: 28

• 2nd Lt. Kenneth John Swanson⇗, Age: 26 (Bombardier, Survivor)

Hometown: Brookings, South Dakota

Missions flown: 27

• T/Sgt. George Edward Dupuis⇗, Age: 23 (Radio Operator, KIA)

Hometown: Meriden, Connecticut

Missions flown: 13

Resting place: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Connecticut

• T/Sgt. Donald Van Buskirk MacDonald⇗, Age: 36 (Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA)

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Missions flown: 14

Resting place: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot F, Row 4, Grave 41

• S/Sgt. John Robert "Bob" Lisch⇗, Age: 23 (Ball Turret Gunner, KIA)

Hometown: Joplin, Missouri

Missions flown: 13

Resting place: Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri

• S/Sgt. Edgar A. Scheffer⇗, Age: 27 (Tail Gunner, KIA)

Hometown: Jefferson County, Kentucky

Missions flown: 4

Resting place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

• T/Sgt. Ferdinand Jacob Madl⇗, Age: 22 (Waist Gunner, KIA)

Hometown: Shamokin, Pennsylvania

Missions flown: 13

Resting place: Saint Edwards Cemetery, Coal Township, Pennsylvania

• S/Sgt. Metro Persoskie⇗, Age: 22 (Waist Gunner, KIA)

Hometown: Iselin, Pennsylvania

Missions flown: 13

Resting place: Arlington National Cemetery: Section 12, Grave 4164

Hell's Angels II crewmembers: 

• 1st Lt. John W. Stuermer (Pilot, KIA)

• 2nd Lt. Charles E. Reynolds (Co-Pilot, KIA)

• 2nd Lt. William A. Tielman (Navigator, KIA)

• 2nd Lt. Clyde D. Newman (Bombardier, KIA)

• S/Sgt. Edward F. Murray (Radio Operator, KIA)

• T/Sgt. David W. Harris (Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA)

• S/Sgt. Joseph Stark (Ball Turret Gunner, KIA)

• S/Sgt. Marvin B. Collins (Tail Gunner, KIA)

• Sgt. Marvin W. Carroll (Waist Gunner, KIA)

• Sgt. David I. Miller (Waist Gunner, Survivor)