Four B17 Crashes
Details:
At the roadside rest area.
Monument
A dark granite plaque with gold leaf text in French
Monument Text:
Ce mémorial est dédié à la gloire et au souvenir de la 8th
United States Army Air Force dont dépendaient les quatre bombardiers B17
Flying Fortress tombes dans le nord de l'Yonne au cours de la guerre 1939 - 1945,
au retour de missions de bombardement sur l'ALLEMAGNE
42-3293 Slightly Dangerous du 388th Bomb Group,
à Champigny le 6 Septembre 1943
42-32086 You Never Know du 457th Bomb Group,
à Champlay le 10 Septembre 1944
43-38161 Ombree Ago du 100th Bomb Group,
à Chamvres le 11 Septembre 1944
42-32101 El Lobo II du 457th Bomb Group,
à Chigy le 19 Mars 1945
DURANT LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE,
POUR LA SEULE 8TH AIR FORCE,
44000 JEUNES AMÉRICAINS ONT DONNE LEUR VIE
POUR LA DÉFENSE DE LA LIBERTÉ
ET LA RÉCONCILIATION ENTRE LES PEUPLES
QU'ILS NE SOIENT JAMAIS OUBLIES
Ce monument a été finance par:
Conseil General de l'Yonne - Groupement National des Réfractaires et Maquisards de l'Yonne - "Ministère de la Défense, direction de la mémoire du patrimoine et des archives" -
Souvenir Français - BOEING U.S.A. - Fédération A. MAGINOT - Communauté de Communes de la Vanne - Senoble a Jouy - et de très nombreux donateurs.
Pierre COLSON Initiateur du Mémorial 20 Septembre 2003
English translation:
This memorial is dedicated to the glory and remembrance of the 8th
United States Army Air Force to which was assigned the four B17 bombers
Flying Fortress that fell in the north of the Yonne during the 1939 - 1945 war,
on returning from bombing missions to Germany
42-3293 Slightly Dangerous of the 388th Bomb Group,
in Champigny on September 6, 1943
42-32086 You Never Know of the 457th Bomb Group,
in Champlay on September 10, 1944
43-38161 Ombree Ago of the 100th Bomb Group,
in Chamvres on September 11, 1944
42-32101 El Lobo II of the 457th Bomb Group,
in Chigy on March 19, 1945
During World War II,
for the 8th Air Force alone,
44,000 young Americans gave their lives
for the defense of freedom
and reconciliation between peoples
May they never be forgotten
This monument was funded by:
General Council of Yonne - National Group of Refractories and Maquisards of Yonne - "Ministry of Defense, direction of heritage memory and archives" -
Souvenir Français - Boeing USA - Federation A. Maginot - Communauté de Communes de la Vanne - Senoble a Jouy - and many donors.
Pierre Colson Initiator of the Memorial September 20, 2003
Commemorates:
People:
Raymond Lawrence Jr. Heironimus
Units:
100th Bomber Group
349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group
388th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
457th Bomber Group (H)
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
748th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group
749th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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