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Fallen Airmen and Parachutists Plaque - Annonay

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Details:

The first plaque from the left side.


Plaque

A vertical-oriented, rectangular, stone tablet mounted on a wall. The tablet contains a commemoration message list of names that are inscribed in French in engraved and red lettering. The plaque mentions 4 American servicemen who died in the region during World War II.

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Monument Text:

AVIATEURS ET PARACHUTISTES AMÉRICAINS

MORTS POUR LA FRANCE

DANS NOTRE RÉGION

 

SERGENT WINSTON FLEMING DANDREW

TROUVE LA MORT

À St JULIEN VOCANCE (ARDÈCHE)

LE 2 AOÛT 1944

 

SERGENT CAMILLE BARNABÉ

GRIÈVEMENT BLESSÉ À VANOSC

MEURT À St AGRÊVE (ARDÈCHE)

LE 10 AOÛT 1944

 

LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU

HARRY BRINKLEY BASS

TROUVE TA MORT EN COMBAT AÉRIEN

AU LIEU DIT LE MOULIN

À St BONNET LE FROID (HAUTE LOIRE)

LE 20 AOÛT 1944

 

SERGENT RAYMOND BISSON

TROUVE LA MORT

À St JULIEN MOLIN MOLETTE (LOIRE)

LE 27 AOÛT 1944

 

 

English translation:

 

AMERICAN AVIATORS AND PARACHUTISTS

DIED FOR FRANCE

IN OUR REGION

 

SERGEANT WINSTON FLEMING DANDREW

DIED

In St JULIEN VOCANCE (ARDECHE)

AUGUST 2, 1944

 

SERGEANT CAMILLE BARNABÉ

SERIOUSLY INJURED IN VANOSC

DIED IN ST AGRÊVE (ARDÈCHE)

AUGUST 10, 1944

 

FIRST LIEUTENANT

HARRY BRINKLEY BASS

DIED IN AIR COMBAT

IN THE AREA CALLED LE MOULIN

IN ST BONNET LE FROID (UPPER LOIRE)

AUGUST 20, 1944

 

SERGEANT RAYMOND BISSON

DIED

In St JULIEN MOLIN MOLETTE (LOIRE)

AUGUST 27, 1944

Commemorates:

People:

Camille Arthur Barnabe

Harry Brinkley Bass

Raymond Bisson

Winston Fleming Dandrew

Units:

2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion

451st Bomb Group, Heavy

727th Bomb Squadron (Heavy), 451st Bomb Group

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

United States Army

US Army Air Corps

VF-74

Wars:

WWII

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