Ben Higgins Jr
Details:
In an overgrown part of the town church cemetery.
A tall pillar with a black plaque commemorating Ben Higgins Jr in gold leaf inscription.
Monument Text:
A la memoire des aviateurs
tombés sur le sol de Piencourt
le 25 Juillet 1944
Aviateurs anglais inhumés
dans notre cimetiere:
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-A.J. PAGE -R.M. SIMPSON -F.J. CCOURT -R. LEYLAND -E. ORD -J. WATKINSON |
Aviateur américain inhumé
au cimetiere de COLLEVILLE (14)
Ben JR. HIGGINS tombé le 18 Août 1944
English translation:
In memory of the pilots
who fell on Piencourt soil
on July 25th 1944
English fighters buried
in our cemetery:
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-A.J. PAGE -R.M. SIMPSON -F.J. CCOURT -R. LEYLAND -E. ORD -J. WATKINSON |
American pilot buried in the Coleville (14) cemetery
Ben Higgins Jr shot down on August 18th 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII