A metal roadsign with French text

A LA MÉMOIRE du Lt William BATEMAN

Pilote de l'US AIR FORCE

Tombé à l'âge de 21 ans

pour la LIBÉRATION de FRANCE

AUX COMMAND DE SON APPAREIL

le 18 AOUT 1944.

                                          Le souvenir Français.

English translation:

In memory of Lieutenant William Bateman, US Air Force pilot, shot down at the age of 21 for the liberation of France while in command of his aircraft on 18 August 1944.