On the E side of the D570, just S of its intersection with the Rue de Lebeuville.

A vertical slab of brown rock set on a small gravel plot and bearing a white inscription commemorating the aircrew of the B-24 that crashed in the area during WWII as part of Operation Carpetbagger;  B-24 (42-50603) was piloted by 1st Lt. James M. McLaughlin of the 858th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group.

Operation CARPETBAGGER was a series of secret missions in which several specially designated bomb groups dropped supplies, arms, equipment, leaflets, and U.S. Office of Strategic Services and French agents to resistance groups operating in France.

A LA MEMOIRE DES AVIATEURS AMERICAINS

TOMBES A BAINVILLE-AUX-MIROIRS

LE 16 SEPT 1944

EN APPORTANT ARMES ET MATERIEL

A LA RESISTANCE FRANCAISE

1/Lt Carl L. Lee

1/Lt George F. Bradbury

2/Lt Ernest G. Skwarn

T/Sgt Alforne A. De Vries

S/Sgt James G. Pirtle

S/Sgt Merril G. Brewer

858 Bomb SQ. 492 Bomb GP (H)

English translation:

In memory of the American aviators

that fell in Bainville-aux-Miroirs

on September 16th, 1944

while resupplying the French Resistance

with weapons and materiel.

1/Lt Carl L. Lee

1/Lt George F. Bradbury

2/Lt Ernest G. Skwarn

T/Sgt Alforne A. De Vries

S/Sgt James G. Pirtle

S/Sgt Merril G. Brewer

858 Bomb SQ. 492 Bomb GP (H)