At the main center of the memorials.

The monument honors the crews of the IX Troop Carrier Command of the U.S. Ninth Air Force who transported American paratroopers during the D-Day airborne operations of Operation Overlord on the night of 56 June 1944, commemorating several C-47 Skytrain aircraft shot down by German anti-aircraft fire near Picauville and remembering the paratroopers and airmen who were killed. The monument consists of a stone and concrete memorial wall with several black commemorative plaques dedicated to the fallen aircrew and paratroopers. At the center of the wall are the insignia of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, Airborne Troop Carrier units, IX Troop Carrier Command, and the Ninth Air Force. Behind the wall stands a large elevated replica of a C-47 Skytrain mounted on a tall pedestal, symbolizing the transport aircraft used in the airborne assault.

Source of information: www.ot-baieducotentin.fr

Plaque 1:

REMEMBER

JUNE 6th, 1944

ABOUT 01.20 A.M

THESE AMERICAN

AIRCREWS GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR

FREEDOM

Plaque 2:

US Ninth Air Force

IX Troop Carrier Command

50th Troop Carrier Wing

439th Troop Carrier Group

91st Troop Carrier Squadron

C-47A Sn. 42-100819

L4-0

Crew:

Plaque 3:

US Ninth Air Force
IX Troop Carrier Command

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53rd Troop Carrier Wing
434th Troop Carrier Group
71st Troop Carrier Squadron

C-47A   Sn. 43-15101
CJ - S

Crew:

Plaque 4:

US Ninth Air Force

IX Troop Carrier Command

53rd Troop Carrier Wing

435th Troop Carrier Group

77th Troop Carrier Squadron

C-47A Sn. 42-24077

IB-J

Crew:

Plaque 5:

US Ninth Air Force

IX Troop Carrier Command

53rd Troop Carrier Wing

435th Troop Carrier Group

77th Troop Carrier Squadron

C-47A Sn. 43-30734

IB-P

Crew:

Plaque 6:

SOUVENEZ-VOUS

LE 6 JUIN 1944

VERS 1.20 HR

CES EQUIPAGES

AMERICAINS ONT

DONNES LEUR VIE

POUR LA LIBERTE