Otis Memorial in Bourne, Massachusetts

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Get directions Vandenburg Dr.
Bourne, Massachusetts, USA

Coordinates: 41.65970, -70.57070
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There are three plaques at the Otis Memorial Park at Camp Edwards that honor "50 Fallen Stars" of the 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, who died in three separate crashes in the mid-1960s.

In memory of the officers and airmen who lost their lives in a crash at sea off Nantucket Island, Mass. July 11, 1965, while performing a military mission of the 551st airborne Early Warning and Control Wing.

Capt. Edward N. Anaka
Capt. Michael R. Barbolla
Capt. Murray J. Brody
1st Lt. Frederick H. Ambrosia
1st Lt. Thomas J. Fiedler
2nd Lt. Ira J. Husik
TSGT Gilbert L. Armstrong
TSGT Eugene J. Schreivogel
SSGT Francis J. Griffin
SSGT. John L. Howard
SSGT Raymond M. Washam
A1C George R. West
A1C Charles K. Sawyer
A2C Charles H. Williams
A2C William E. Howe, Jr.
A3C Charles J. Podjaski

In Memory of the crew of Homey 64, lost in a crash at sea 125 miles east of Nantucket Island, Mass. on November 11, 1966, during an active air defense mission for the 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing.

Major Robert A. Baird
1st Lt. Richard K. Hoppe
1st Lt. Larry D. Rucker
1st Lt. Edward W. Taylor
MSGT Armand H. Dibonaventura
MSGT Clarence D. Hendrickson
MSGT John J. Nerolich
MSGT Robert A. Thibodeau
TSGT Arthur J. Lambert
SSGT Lawrence E. Mcneill
SSGT James R. Pater
SSGT Robert J. Simmons
SSGT Robert Sparks
A1C Joseph F. Adamick, Jr.
A1C James D. Rodgers
A2C David N. Bailey
A2C Roger P. Kay
A2C Larry L. Stoner
A2C James D. Wilbur

In memory of the crew of Homey 82, lost in a crash at sea one mile south of Maddaket Beach, Nantucket Island, Mass. on April 25, 1967, during an active air defense mission for the 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing.

Col. James P. Lyle
Maj. Howard N. Franklyn
Capt. Frank R. Ferguson, II
SMSGT Robert E. Mulhern
MSGT Frank W. Garner, Jr.
TSGT Gordon O. Hamman, Jr.
SSGT Richard D. Rearden
A1C Robert J. Clapper
A1C Richard D. Gravely
A1C Theodore E. Lapointe, Jr.
A1C William M. Walsh
A2C Denis E. Boyle
A2C Danny R. Burden
A2C William M. Cook
A3C Dennis R. Cole