To the immediate left of the town's monument aux morts.

Monument
A stone memorial inlaid with marble plaques. The left plaque has the insignia of the 8th Air Force, the 9th Air Force, and the US Army Air Force. The right plaque, engraved in gold leaf with French text, honors Colonel Thomas JJ Christian, commander of the 361st fighter group, who lost his life while piloting his P-51 fighter in an attack on the town's train marshalling yard on 12 Aug 44. He is buried in a CWGC cemtery in Arras.

le 12 Août 1944 un chasseur

MUSTANG P. 51 de la 8ème U.S.A. AIR FORCE

s'escrasait au cours d'une attaque

sur la gare de BOISLEUX AU MONT

A la mémoire du

Group Commander 361ème Fighter Group

Colonel THOMAS J.J. CHRISTIAN Jr. 28 ans

et a tous les membres de l'U.S.A.A.F

tombés dans notre région (1942-44)

A NOUS LE SOUVENIR A EUX L'IMMORTALITE

S.F ARRAS ENV.

7 MAI 1994 L.W.

English translation:

on August 12, 1944, a fighter

MUSTANG P. 51 of the 8th U.S.A. AIR FORCE

crashed during an attack

on the station of BOISLEUX AU MONT

In memory of

Group Commander 361st Fighter Group

Colonel THOMAS J.J. CHRISTIAN Jr. 28 years old

and to all members of the U.S.A.A.F.

who fell in our area (1942-44)

WITH US THEIR MEMORY IS IMMORTAL

S.F ARRAS ENV.

MAY 7,  1994 L.W.