Monument Details

Halifax DT 726 Crew Plaque -Operation Carpetbagger

Details:

n the right post at the entrance to the cemetery. Plaque

The British Halifax DT 726 NF H Sqn 138 RAF left on 3 novembre 1943 at 1920 from Tempsford for operation JOHN 13.� It crashed in the area.� The six British aviators who were killed are buried here.� Capt J.A.Estes (801/492 US Bomb Group USAAF) who was on board for an initiation mission to begin Operation Carpetbagger missions,

. �Captain Estes is �buried at the Rhone American Cemetery in Draguigan (83).� Sgt J.F.Borough, the sole survivor, evaded capture and resumed his service in the RAF. He died on 5 septembre 1994, and his ashes are spread among his comrades in the cemetery.

Monument Text:

ICI REPOSENT

SIX AVIATEURS

DE LA RAF, LA RCAF, ET LA RAAF

DONT L'AVION S'EST ECRASE

SUR LE

ROCHER DU BOURBOULAS

LE 4 NOVEMBRE 1943

AU COURS D'UNE MISSION

DE PARACHUTAGE D'ARMES

A LA RESISTANCE FRANCAISE

English translation:

Here rest six aviators of the RAF, RCAF and RAAF whose plane crashed on the Rocks of Bourboulas on 4 November 1943 while on a parachute delivery mission bringing arms to the French Resistance.

Commemorates:

People:

James Arthur Estes

Units:

22nd Anti-Submarine Squadron

494th Bombardment Group

801st Bomber Group

French Resistance

Royal Air Force (RAF)

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Operation Carpetbagger

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