Douglas A-20 Havoc (43-9502) Crash Marker
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:
Units:
644th Bomber Squadron, 410th Bomber Group
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII