Prunières Bomber
Details:
On the D109 between Chorges and Prunières, two small towns on the north side of the Lac de Serre Ponçon. Monument A rough cut stone with an airplane propeller blade bolted to the side and text in French. In memory of the crew of a US Army Air Force Consolidated B24 Liberator who crashed here on 19 July 1944. The US bomber was returning from a mission over Munich. The crew was saved by the inhabitants of Prunières and Savines and by the resistantance of Reallon.
Monument Text:
LE 19 JUILLET 1944
EST TOMBE ICI
UN BOMBARDIER AMERICAIN
DE RETOUR D'UN MISSION
SUR MUNICH DONT
L'EQUIPAGE A ETE SAUVER
PAR DES HABITANTS DE
PRUNIÈRES ET SAVINES
ET DES MAQUISARDS
DE REALLON
English translation:
On 19 July 1944 an American bomber returning from a mission over Munich crashed here. The crew was saved by the inhabitants of Prunières and Savines and by the resistantance of Reallon.
