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Douglas A-20 Havoc (43-9502) Crash Marker

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Details:

On the north side of the Rue des Moulins, in the back of a small walled enclosure.

Marker
A grey vertical stone plaque with the picture of a bomber and white writing commemorating American aviators. It is set in a gravel plot and surrounded by low white walls.

Monument Text:

4 AOUT 1944

ICI UN BOMBARDIER AMÉRICAIN

A 20 A ÉTÉ ABATTU

PAR LA DCA ALLEMANDE.

LE LT JERRY WALSH A ÉTÉ TUÉ.

LES SGTs KARL HAEUSER

ET FRED HERMAN

ONT ÉTÉ FAITS PRISONNIERS.

 

4 AOUT 1994

PITRES SE SOUVIENT.

 

English translation:

 

AUGUST 4, 1944

HERE IS AN AMERICAN BOMBER

A-20 WAS SHOT DOWN

BY GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.

LT. JERRY WALSH WAS KILLED.

SGTS. KARL HAEUSER

AND FRED HERMAN

WERE TAKEN PRISONER.

 

AUGUST 4, 1994

PITRES REMEMBERS.

Commemorates:

People:

Karl Waldemar Haeuser

Fred Herman

Thomas "Jerry" Gerald Walsh

Units:

644th Bomber Squadron, 410th Bomber Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII