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2Lt Donald A. Wilhelm Memorial

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Details:

On the west side of the intersection.


Marker


A white, headstone-style stone marker containing commemoration messages for 2Lt Wilhelm and 3 residents who were Nazi victims. The side on which the commemoration message is engraved is facing the road. 2Lt Wilhelm’s (511th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group) plane crashed in this area during an armed reconnaissance mission on September 1, 1944.

Source of photo: Jérôme Blanrue / www.aerosteles.net

Monument Text:

IN MEMORY

OF

Lt. Donald A WILHELM

K.I.A

FOR OUR FREEDOM

SEPT. 1st 1944

Commemorates:

People:

Donald Arthur "Don" Wilhelm

Units:

405th Fighter Group

511th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group

9th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII