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B-17 42-37890 Big Friend / Rovin' Ramona II

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Details:

Against the wall on the western side of the D50.

Monument
A stone wall with a maroon plaque with gold lettering commemorating American aviators and a smaller plaque on the wall's side.

Monument Text:

Plaque:

 

Aux Americains

tombes avec leur B-17

le 20/04/1944

 

R.L. MANN

J.E. VAUGHN

M.K. CAMERON

B.A. ANDERSON

R.T. WEDEMEYER

R. ZUCCO

M. OVERSTREET

W.E. HERMENAU

W.J. KWOKA

 

Ils ont donne leur vie

pour la liberte.

 

English translation:

 

To the Americans

who crashed with their B-17

on 20/04/1944

 

R.L. MANN

J.E. VAUGHN

M.K. CAMERON

B.A. ANDERSON

R.T. WEDEMEYER

R. ZUCCO

M. OVERSTREET

W.E. HERMENAU

W.J. KWOKA

 

They gave their lives

for freedom.

 

 

Small plaque:

 

STELE

DE LA LIBERTE

1944-2004

 

English translation:

 

FREEDOM

MONUMENT

1944-2004

Commemorates:

People:

Bernard A. Anderson

McKinnon Cameron

Walter E. Hermenau

Walter J. Kwoka

Richard Lee Mann

Mark I. Overstreet

John Ellison Vaughan

Robert Theodore "Ted" Wedemeyer

Raymond Zucco

Units:

568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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