323rd Bomber Group Monument
Details:
The memorial is on a grassy spot at the intersection, in plain sight of the inn.
Monument
A vertical stone slab with gold lettering remembering the 323rd Bomber Group (B-26 Aircraft) of the 9th US Air Force who were KIA during WW2.
Monument Text:
A LA
MEMOIRE
des hommes du
323rd Grp-9th US Air Force
basé à Samoussy
d'oct 1944 à fév 1945
MORTS AUX COMBATS
POUR NOTRE LIBERATION
English translation:
In memory of the men of the 323rd Group, 9th US air force based in Samoussy from October 1944 to February 1945. They died in battle for our freedom.
Commemorates:
Units:
323rd Bomb Group
453rd Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
454th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
455th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
Other images :
