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Details:

To the right of the town's war memorial, as you are facing the church.

Monument
A dark granite plaque mounted on a lighter granite base with French text in gold leaf and showing the unit insignia.

Monument Text:

En hommage au pilote américain

2nd Lt Robert E. HOLDEN (1917-1944)

474th Ftr./Gr. 9è Air Force

 

 

430th Fighter / Squadron (K6)

Lightning - P 38 J 10 - no 42-67663

Mort à Saint-Quen-sur-Iton, pour notre liberté,

le 1er aoùt 1944 à 30h30 au lieu dit "La Nourrie"

école Léonard de Vinci et Maire de SAINT-OUEN-SUR-ITON

 

 

English translation:

 

In honor of the American pilot 2nd Lieutenant Robert E. Holden (1917-1944)

474th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, 430th Fighter Squadron (K6)

P-38 J 10 Lightening, serial number 42-67663

the 1st of August 1944 at 8:20 pm in the area known as "La Nourrie"

Leonard da Vinci School and the Town Hall of Saint Ouen sur Iton

Commemorates:

People:

Robert Eldon Holden

Units:

430th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 474th Fighter-Bomber Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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