2Lt Patrick E. Moran Plaque
Details:
On the town war memorial located just at the entrance to the churchyard. The plaque is attached to the left side of the monument.
A vertical-oriented, rectangular, stone plaque, featuring the photo of 2Lt Moran above a commemoration message. The inscription is written in French in gold lettering. On June 23, 1944, 2Lt Moran’s aircraft crashed in Montchauvet during an armed reconnaissance mission between Falaise and Vire, France. Unfortunately, 2Lt Moran did not survive.
Monument Text:
A PATRICK E. MORAN
1921 - 1944
OFFICIER DE L’AIR CORPS
MORT LE 23 JUIN 1944
POUR LIBERER LA FRANCE
DE L'OCCUPATION NAZIE
LA COMMUNE DE
MONTCHAUVET
RECONNAISSANTE
3 JUIN 1994
English translation:
TO PATRICK E. MORAN
1921 - 1944
AIR CORPS OFFICER
DIED ON JUNE 23, 1944
TO LIBERATE FRANCE
FROM THE NAZI OCCUPATION
THE COMMUNE OF
MONTCHAUVET
IS GRATEFUL
JUNE 3, 1994
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
354th Fighter Group
355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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