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1Lt Dean J. Hill Monument

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Details:

On the southwest corner of the parking lot.


Monument

A free-standing, black, pentagon-shaped stone monument inscribed in French and English in white lettering. The monument commemorates the crew of a crashed Lancaster plane as well as First Lieutenant Hill whose aircraft crashed in the area during World War II. 1Lt Hill was returning from an escort mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfields when his aircraft crashed.

Monument Text:


Le pilote du P-51 B7 NA, 4th FG, 335th FS,

9th USAAF, tombé le 19 juin 1944

 

1st Lt. Dean     J. Hill               USAAF  22-

 

LA COMMUNE RECONNAISSANTE

LET US NOT FORGET

 

English translation:

 

The pilot of the P-51 B7 NA, 4th FG, 335th FS,

9th USAAF, fell on 19 June 1944 

 

1st Lt. Dean     J. Hill               USAAF  22-

 

THE GRATEFUL COMMUNE

LET US NOT FORGET

Commemorates:

People:

Dean J. Hill

Units:

335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

4th Fighter Group

65th Fighter Wing

9th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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