B-17 Memorial, (sculpture).

B-17 Memorial, (sculpture).

Mears, Nelson, sculptor.

B-17 Memorial, (sculpture).

2015. Dedicated Oct. 2015.

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Sculpture: steel, aluminum, wood, rubber, Plexiglas.

Sculpture: approx. 14 x 66 x 50 ft.

Large-scale recreation of a World War II era B17 bomber installed on the site of the plane crash that took the lives of nine young airmen during World War II.

History -- United States -- World War II

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Sheridan

Administerd by Sheridan American Legion, 408 North March, Sheridan, Arkansas 72150

Located Sheridan B-17 Memorial Park, Grant County Road 51, two miles north of its junction with Arkansas Highway 57, Sheridan, Arkansas 72150

State of Arkansas, Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 2016.

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