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FO Joseph Goetz Memorial

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Details:

  Monument
An octagonal-shaped stele bearing a rectangular bronze plaque that is written in French commemorating F/O Goetz. The photo of F/O Goetz was added to the stele in March 2020. On the left beside the memorial is an instruction panel while on the right is a Voie de la Liberte marker.

Monument Text:

A LA MÉMOIRE DE

JOSEPH GOETZ,

PILOTE DE CHASSE AMÉRICAIN,

ABATTU PAR LES ALLEMANDS,

POUR LA LIBERATION DE NOTRE SOL

LE 21 MARS 1944.

NE L' OUBLIONS PAS.

 

 

English translation:

 

IN MEMORY OF

JOSEPH GOETZ,

AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOT,

SHOT DOWN BY THE GERMANS,

FOR THE LIBERATION OF OUR SOIL

ON MARCH 21, 1944.

LET US REMEMBER.

Commemorates:

People:

Joseph Goetz

Units:

335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

4th Fighter Group

8th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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