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LT Church crash site

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Details:

Along the canal outside of Haudainville, 500 meters from the locks. Marker A concrete cross painted white marks the spot where LT Church went down in his P-47 Thunderbolt. It bears a small metal plaque with French text.

Monument Text:

On 21 May, 1944, 500 meters from the village, 2LT pilot John M. Church was shot down by German fighter. He was 28 years old. He died for our liberty. Haudainville remembers, 25 May 1998.

Commemorates:

People:

John M. Church

Units:

22nd Squadron, 36th Fighter Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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