LT Martin
Details:
On the left side of the main entrance of the church (as you face the church).
Monument
A small stone stele bearing a metal plaque with French text. The monument honors LT Pike Buford Martin, whose plane was shot down in the commune on 16 August 1944. Martin's hometown of Fresno is misspelled on the plaque.
Monument Text:
A la memoire
du 1st Lt Pike Buford MARTIN jr
ne le 3 mai 1918 a Freno (Californie)
pilote du 368th Fighter Group
Tue sur la commune
aux commandes de son P-47 le 16 aout 1944
lors d'une mission is reconnaissance armee
La Commune reconnaissante
Let's we Forget[sic]
English translation:
In memory
of 1LT Pike Buford Martin, Jr.
born on 3 May 1918 in Fresno, California
pilot in the 368th Fighter Group
Killed in the town
while in command of his P-47 on 16 August 1944
during an armed reconnaissance mission
The Commune is grateful
Lest we Forget
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
368th Fighter Group
395th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group
9th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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