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1st and 14th FG Pilots Memorial

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Details:

On the roadside of the D23 east of Camaret-sur-Aigues.

Monument
A tall white vertical stone monument set on cobblestones and bearing a white plaque commemorating the US fighter pilots who crashed in the area during WWII. Inaugurated on 16 April 2005.

Monument Text:

1ST FG                  15TH AF USAAF                14TH FG

 

A LA MEMOIRE DES PILOTES AMERICAINS

 

2LT HUGH B. CRANDALL - USAAF - 95TH FS - 1ST FG

† 15 JUIN 1944

1LT HAROLD V. DUGGLEBY - USAAF - 94TH FS - 1ST FG

† 15 JUIN 1944

1LT WARREN E. SEMPLE - USAAF - 49TH FS - 14TH FG

† 15 JUIN 1944

2LT ROBERT D. SIMPSON - USAAF - 48TH FS - 14TH FG

† 6 AOUT 1944

2LT DONALD A. TRACY - USAAF - 49TH FS - 14TH FG

† 13 AOUT 1944

 

TOMBES POUR LA LIBERTE

 

ET DE TOUTES LES VICTIMES DE LA GUERRE 39-45

DISPARUS SUR LE PLAN DE DIEU.

 

 

English translation:

 

In memory of US pilots

 

2nd Lt Hugh B. Crandall - USAAF - 95th FS - 1st FG

KIA June 15th 1944

1st Lt Harold V. Duggleby - USAAF - 94th FS - 1st FG

KIA June 15th 1944

1st Lt Warren E. Semple - USAAF - 49th FS - 14th FG

KIA June 15th 1944

2nd Lt Robert D. Simpson - USAAF - 48th FS - 14th FG

KIA August 6th 1944

2nd Lt Donald A. Tracy - USAAF - 49th FS - 14th FG

KIA August 13th 1944

 

Killed for our freedom

And for all the victims of the 39-45 war who died on the Plan de Dieu

Commemorates:

People:

Hugh B. Crandall Jr.

Harold Vance Duggleby

Warren E. Semple

Robert Duane Simpson

Donald A. Tracy

Units:

14th Fighter Group

15th Air Force

95th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group

Wars:

WWII

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