Remembering Pluto’s Avenger
DUFFEL, Belgium – Staff Sgt. James Beasley, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron and honor guard member, holds a ceremonial-drill rifle during an annual remembrance ceremony held here April 22. The ceremony is held to remember a B-17G Flying Fortress, Pluto’s Avenger, that crash landed Feb. 22, 1944, in Duffel. People from throughout Europe travel to the aircraft-crash site memorial each year to participate in the ceremony, which honors the four crew members who were killed in action during the crash. The honor guard works to support the local community’s ceremonies by performing at more than 20 memorial and recognition ceremonies each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis/Released)