B-17F 42-29878 'Lady Godiva'
Details:
In the Place de la Victoire behind the monument for the dead.
An engine helice mounted on a rectangular stone monument with inlaid gold crosses and writing commemorating American aviators.
Monument Text:
EN SOUVENIR
DE CEUX QUI SONT MORTS
POUR PERMETTRE AUX AVIATEURS
DE LA FORTERSSE AMERICAINE
ABATTUE LE 29 MAI 1943
DE POURSUIVRE LE COMBAT
POUR LA LIBERTE.
« LA FLAMME DE LA RESISTANCE
NE S'ETEINDRA JAMAIS. »
English translation:
IN REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE WHO DIED
TO ALLOW THE AVIATORS OF THE
OF THE AMERICAN FORTRESS
SHOT DOWN ON MAY 29, 1943
TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM.
"THE FLAME OF RESISTANCE
WILL NEVER BE EXTINGUISHED."