Fallen Airmen and Parachutists Plaque - Annonay
Details:
The first plaque from the left side.
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:
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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