B-17 'Channel Express III' Crash Site -401st Bomber Group
Details:
Starting from the monument of the same crash, a path 500m into the forest leads to a clearing at the crash site.
Two stone slabs set on the ground, originally planned for the monument, with a plaque commemorating the aviators.
Monument Text:
Le 19 juin 1944
des aviateurs Américains
sont morts ici
pour notre liberté.
La population d'AUSSAC-VADALLE
reconnaissante.
- 8 mai 2000
English translation:
19 June 1944
American aviators
died here for our liberty
The population of Aussac-Vadalle
is thankful
- 8 May 2000
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
401st Bomber Group
612th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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