Monument Details

CPT Edward K. Simpson (357th Fighter Group)-Maquis of Lorris Monument

Details:

At the intersection of Route du Chat Sauvage and Route des Grandes Maisons.

Monument

A large stone wall monument with a 5-step platform in front. The inscriptions on the wall were written in French text. On the center of the wall is the carved insignia of the Marquis of Lorris.

The monument memorializes the many people, including American pilot CPT Edward K. Simpson (364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group), killed during the attack on the maquis by the Germans on August 14, 1944, and of the various actions carried out for the liberation of the territory by the maquisards.

Monument Text:

LE MAQVIS DE LORRIS

A SES MORTS ET AVX VICTIMES DV

TVES EN COMBAT

OUZOUER S/ LOIRE 14 AOUT 1944

---	---	---		14 AOVT
---		SIMPSON EDWARD		14 AOVT

English translation:

THE MAQUIS OF LORRIS

TO THE DEAD AND VICTIMS OF

KILLED IN COMBAT

OUZOUER S/ LOIRE 14 AUGUST 1944

---	---	---		14 AUGUST
---		SIMPSON EDWARD		14 AUGUST

Commemorates:

People:

Edward Kingbury "Eddie", Jr. Simpson

Units:

357th Fighter Group

364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group

French Resistance

Resistance

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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