Three P-47 Pilots Plaque -406th Fighter Group
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Under the tree of liberty.
A thick, rectangular, stone tablet, set on the ground that is inscribed in French in engraved lettering. The plaque commemorates 2Lt Armstrong, pilot of the P-47D #42-29179, 2Lt Harkinson (P-47D #42-28918), and 1Lt Douglas (P-47D #44-19712). These 3 pilots crashed in the town on the same day December 2, 1944. That day, the three American planes on a mission crashed at Mont Mollet, the highest point in the sector with its 355 meters above sea level, and at a place called Le Petit Vin, on the edge of the town of Williers. The three pilots were killed in this air disaster due to flying at too low an altitude and in fog.
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Monument Text:
EN MEMOIRE DES AVIATEURS AMERICAINS
Le capitaine Arner Miles DOUGLAS
né le 03/03/1922
Le lieutenant Thomas ARMSTRONG
né le 31/12/1922
Le lieutenant Thomas Samuel HARKISON
né le 20/12/1923
du 406ème Groupe de Chasse
Tombés sur le territoire de Mogues
Le 2 décembre 1944
English translation:
IN MEMORY OF AMERICAN AVIATORS
Captain Arner Miles DOUGLAS
born on 03/03/1922
Lieutenant Thomas ARMSTRONG
born on 12/31/1922
Lieutenant Thomas Samuel HARKISON
born on 12/20/1923
of the 406th Fighter Group
Fallen on the territory of Mogues
December 2, 1944
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406th Fighter Group
512th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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