Douglas C-47 42-92061
Details:
By the western side of the Route Saint-Thomas.
A vertical stone pillar with a black plaque with gold lettering commemorating the crash of an American C-47.
Monument Text:
LE 11 AOUT 1943
S'ECRASAIT ICI UN C-47 AMERICAIN
ABATTU PAR 2 MESSERSCHMITT ALLEMANDS
L'EQUIPAGE ETAIT COMPOSE DES :
LIEUTENANT Scd SIDNEY H. JABLOWITCH d.c.d.
LIEUTENANT Scd LOYD C. MAHURIN d.c.d.
OFFICIER Navigant LOIS E. RAPIN d.c.d.
SERGEANT CECIL E. BELL sorti indemne
CAPORAL SAM KAHN d.c.d.
English translation:
An American C-47 crashed here on August 11th 1943 shot down by two German Messerschmitts.
The crew was composed of:
2nd Lt Sidney H. Jablowitch KIA
2nd Lt Lloyd C. Mahurin KIA
Navigator Lois E. Rapin KIA
Sergeant Cecil E. Bell Escaped
Corporal Sam Kahn KIA
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
12th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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