2nd Lt Glenn W. Goodrich Inscription -474th Fighter Group
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At the bottom of the town's war memorial in the main town square.
A stone pillar with inscriptions commemorating the town's and Allied units' servicemen who died in the area during WWII.
2nd Lt Glenn Goodrich, pilot of the P-38 Lightning 42-67518, of the 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, took off from station 454 in Warmwell, Dorset, UK on a mission over Mantes-Gassicourt. He was attacked by enemy fighters and he crashed nearby on July 18, 1944.
Monument Text:
VICTIMES MILITAIRES
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ALGERIEN INGONNU |
1940 |
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GOODRICH GLENN |
1944 |
English translation:
MILITARY VICTIMS
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ALGERIEN Unknown |
1940 |
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GOODRICH GLENN |
1944 |
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group
9th Tactical Air Command
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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