USN Venture 28736 Memorial Obelisk

This memorial is a stainless steel obelisk on a concrete slab placed approximately 400 meters from the crash site of USN Venture 28736 on a grassy area near the Pacific Ocean. It is dedicated to the crew of USN Ventura 28736, and was unveiled on September 15, 2006 by 101 Squadron RCAFA.

Inscription

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U.S. NAVY VENTURA PV-128736
CRASHED 26TH DECEMBER, 1943

LT Joseph Robert Cranny – Grinelle, Iowa, pilot
ENS Charles H. Schoenfelder – Wathena, Kansas, copilot
AOM3c Joseph H. Anderson – Ogden, Utah, ordnanceman
ARM3c Robert Louis Maguet – Postsmouth, Ohio, radio operator
AOM3c Joseph I Winslow Jr. – Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, ordnanceman
AMM2c Ernest L. Morgan – Rockville, Virginia, aviation mechanic

While on a routine patrol from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island the aircraft
encountered deteriorating weather and attempted to land on a deceptively smooth
expanse of Lawn Point. Some of the crew survived the ensuing crash and for nearly six
months awaited a rescue that never came. The Ventura was finally discovered on June
16th, 1944 by an RCAF patrol aircraft out of Coal Harbour. Five of the crewmen’s
remains were recovered from the site but Joseph Anderson was never found.

Ce monument est un obélisque en acier inoxydable érigé sur une dalle de béton, à environ 400 mètres du site de l’écrasement de l’USN Venture 28736, dans une étendue de verdure près de l’océan Pacifique. Il est dédié à l’équipage de l’USN Ventura 28736, et il a été dévoilé le 15 septembre 2006 par le 101e Escadron de l’AARC.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.