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B-26 Marauder (41-31805) 'Wood's Rocket Raiders' Memorial

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Details:

In the front square of the city hall, on a gravel plot.

Monument
A vertical stone slab with a golden plaque, flanked by two flagpoles and on a gravel plot.

Monument Text:

A la mémoire de l'équipage américain

tombé à Lessard et le Chène

le 28 juillet 1944

 

Martin B-26 Marauder

386th Bomber Group 553rd Bomber Squadron

Pilot

Co-pilot

Bombardier

Radio

Engineer

Gunner

1st Lt Frederick O. Briggs

1st Lt Leon C. Higginbotham

1st Lt Claude C. Cannaday

T/Sgt Selwyn B. Danowitz

S/Sgt Charley Manford Johns

S/Sgt Robert J. Birmingham

 

Morts pour notre liberté

La commune reconnaissante

 

 

English translation:

 

In memory of the American

aircrew that fell on Lessard-et-le-Chene

July 28th, 1944

 

Martin B-26 Marauder

386th Bomber Group 553rd Bomber Squadron

Pilot

Co-pilot

Bombardier

Radio

Engineer

Gunner

1st Lt Frederick O. Briggs

1st Lt Leon C. Higginbotham

1st Lt Claude C. Cannaday

T/Sgt Selwyn B. Danowitz

S/Sgt Charley Manford Johns

S/Sgt Robert J. Birmingham

 

Died for our freedom

A grateful community

Commemorates:

People:

Robert J. Birmingham

Frederick Olson Briggs

Claude C. Cannaday

Selwyn B. Danowitz

Leon C. Higginbotham

Charley Manford Johns

Units:

386th Bomber Group

553rd Bomber Squadron

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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