Prunières B-24 (42-51085) 'My Gloria' Crash Memorial
Details:
On the D109 between Chorges and Prunières, two small towns on the north side of the Lac de Serre Ponçon.
MonumentA rough cut stone with an airplane propeller blade bolted to the side and text in French.
In memory of the crew of a US Army Air Force Consolidated B24 Liberator (42-51085) My Gloria" of tje 762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, crashed here on 19 July 1944. The US bomber was returning from a mission over Munich. The crew was saved by the inhabitants of Prunières and Savines and by the resistantance of Reallon.
See site Lac de la Fare for several memorials that tell the story of how the local french resistance assisted this crew of 11 to freedom.
Monument Text:
LE 19 JUILLET 1944
EST TOMBE ICI
UN BOMBARDIER AMERICAIN
DE RETOUR D'UN MISSION
SUR MUNICH DONT
L'EQUIPAGE A ETE SAUVER
PAR DES HABITANTS DE
PRUNIÈRES ET SAVINES
ET DES MAQUISARDS
DE REALLON
English translation:
On 19 July 1944 an American bomber returning from a mission over Munich crashed here. The crew was saved by the inhabitants of Prunières and Savines and by the resistantance of Reallon.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
460th Bomb Group, Heavy
762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
French Resistance
Resistance
Wars:
WWII
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