B-17 42-5849 Monument
Details:
Tucked into the foliage on the northern side of the intersection.
A small vertical stone monument set on a stone base with gold lettering commemorating American aviators.
Monument Text:
En ce lieu
Le 16 Septembre 1943
un bombardier
americain B-17 s'ecrasait
abattu par la chasse
allemand.
Trois des dix membres
de l'equipage sont morts
pour la liberation de
la France.
Souvenons nous
English translation:
An American B-17 was shot down here on September 16th, 1943, by German fighters. Three of the ten crew members died to liberate France.
Let us remember
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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