B-24 'Star Valley' (42-100181) Monument
Details:
The memorial is in between a small garden between a church and the town hall. The memorial is across the street from the town cemetery and next to the town war memorial which includes a plaque to this same crew. Monument The monument is a black granite stele with gilded text in French. The stele has an image of the "Star Valley" B - 24 (42-100181) plane on its façade.
Monument Text:
1944 2014
En mémoire des 9 aviateurs tués et de
Warren KLEIN, seul survivant,
de l'équipage américain du « Star Valley »
bombardier B24 Liberator 42 - 100181
abattu le 5 Février 1944 à Sigogne
BOHNISCH Carl A.
GIFFIN John S.
EDE Hubert J.
SPINK Harold W.
LEVERICH William F.
OHLER Bernard
EDGERTON Eugene C.
HALL Kenneth E.
MORIN Joseph EE.
English translation:
In memory of the 9 airmen killed and of
Warren KLEIN, sole survivor,
of the American crew of the "Star Valley"
B24 Liberator bomber 42-100181
shot down Feb. 5, 1944 in Sigogne
BOHNISCH Carl A.
GIFFIN John S.
EDE Hubert J.
SPINK Harold W.
LEVERICH William F.
OHLER Bernard
EDGERTON Eugene C.
HALL Kenneth E.
MORIN Joseph EE.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
44th Bomb Group
68th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomb Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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