Monument Details

Lot Resistance Weapons Drop- Operation Cadillac Marker

Details:

On the western side of the D14.

Marker
A boulder with a white resistance symbol affixed to it under a stone plaque with white lettering commemorating the Allied weapons drop in the area.

Operation Cadillac

'Cadillac' was an Allied major air-drop delivery of weapons, ammunition and other supplies to the French resistance (and OSS) forces in the Vercors massif area German-occupied France (14 July 1944).

The drop was made by some 144 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle’s US 8th AAF supplied by the 4th Combat Bombardment Wing (94th, 385th and 447th Bombardment Groups); 13th Combat Bombardment Wing (95th, 100th and 390th Bombardment Groups); and, 45th Combat Bombardment Wing (96th, 388th and 452nd Bombardment Groups), each loaded with 400 lb (181 kg) parachute-retarded supply containers, and escorted by about 200 Supermarine Spitfire fighters of the Royal Air Force. The Liberator bomber made their drop runs in groups of 12 at an altitude of only 350 ft (105 m) above the marked drop zones, and the accuracy of the delivery was therefore notably high.

Monument Text:

I C I

le 14 Juillet 1944

525 containers AMERICAINS

apporterent aux RESISTANTS

du LOT les Armes de la

LIBERATION

English translation:

Here, on July 14th 1944, 525 US containers brought the Lot Resistants the weapons of freedom.

Commemorates:

Units:

100th Bomber Group

385th Bomber Group

388th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

390th Bomber Group

447th Bomber Group

452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy

94th Bomber Group, Heavy

95th Bomb Group (Heavy)

96th Bomber Group

French Resistance

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

OSS

Resistance

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Operation Cadillac

Operation Carpetbagger

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