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(Bombing Range Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Metscher, Phil, sculptor. Metscher, Bill, sculptor. Metscher, Allen, sculptor. Title:  (Bombing Range Memorial), (sculpture). Dates:  Early 1980s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white tufa stone with concrete cap, machine gun, and propeller blades; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 10 ft. 4 in. x D. 4 ft. Inscription:  (Inset plaque on front of sculpture:) DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE/PERSONNEL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN TRAINING ACCIDENTS/AT THE TONOPAH BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE/DURING WORLD WAR II, 1942-1945./THE REMAINS OF THE B24 LIBERATOR BOMBER INCORPORATED INTO THIS/MONUMENT WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SITE OF A CRASH/SOUTH OF THE TONOPAH AIR FORCE BASE/WHICH TOOK THE LIVES OF 9 FLIERS ON AUGUST 19, 1944./(list of 116 names) (Metal plaque on front, upper left corner, raised:) FLAGPOLE/GIVEN IN MEMORY OF/WORLD WAR II/VETERANS/DEDICATED JUNE 12, 1993/NEVADA STATE SOCIETY/DAUGHTERS OF THE/AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Two small, inscribed plaques mounted in front of the gun) unsigned Description:  A 50 caliber machine gun is mounted atop a large stone pedestal. The front of the pedestal mounts two inscribed plaques. To either side of the pedestal, propeller blades from a B-24 Liberator bomber are mounted on concrete pedestals. Behind the stone pedestal is a flagpole. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War II Occupation -- Military -- Air Force Object -- Weapon -- Gun Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Tonopah Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Central Nevada Historical Society, Logan Field Road, P. O. Box 326, Tonopah, Nevada 89049 Located Nye County Museum, Logan Field Road, Parking lot, Tonopah, Nevada Remarks:  Dedicated to United States Army Air Force personnel who lost their lives in training accidents at the Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range during World War II. The gun and propeller blades of the monument are from a B-24 Liberator bomber recovered from a crash south of Tonopah Air Force Base which took 9 lives on August 19, 1944. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NV000121   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NV000121 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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