B-24 'Lynn Bar II' (42-40172) Crash Site Marker
Details:
Marker
A stele bearing a stone plaque that contains an engraved commemoration message that is written in French.
The memorial remembers the B-24 'Lynn Bar II' (42-40172) of the 492nd Bomber Group which crashed here while supporting a Operation Carpetbagger mission in August 1944 to support the French Resistance.
There is another related monument erected located at D60. Here is our link for the related monument: www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=908.
Source of photos: Claude Dannau / www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
ICI
S'EST ÉCRASÉ
LE LIBERATOR B-24 D
DANS LA NUIT
DU 14 AU 15 AOÛT 1944
LORS D'UN PARACHUTAGE
D'ARMEMENT POUR LA RÉSISTANCE FRANÇAISE.
7 JEUNES AMÉRICAINS
ONT TROUVÉ LA MORT.
English translation:
HERE
CRASHED
THE LIBERATOR B-24 D
ON THE NIGHT
OF AUGUST 14 TO 15, 1944
DURING A PARACHUTE DROP
FOR THE FRENCH RESISTANCE.
7 YOUNG AMERICANS
WERE KILLED.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
492nd Bomber Group
856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group
French Resistance
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
OSS
United States Marine Corps
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Carpetbagger
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