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B-24 (41-29382) Plaque

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Details:

By the roadside near the summit.

Marker
A crude low stone monument flanked by two flag poles and bearing a brown sign with white lettering commemorating the US airmen that crashed there during WWII.

Monument Text:

25 MAI 1944

 

LE B-24 "LIBERATOR" 41-29582 DE LA

15ème AIR FORCE AMERICAINE S'EST ECRASE EN CE LIEU

ABATTU PAR LA D.C.A. ET LA CHASSE ALLEMANDES

 

CETTE STELE EST ERIGEE PAR LA VILLE DE SAINT-RAPHAEL

A LA MEMOIRE DES DIX AVIATEURS

QUI ONT DONNE LEUR VIE POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE

 

                                                                                           SOUVENONS-NOUS 

 

 

English translation:

 

MAY 25, 1944

 

THE B-24 "LIBERATOR" 41-29582 OF THE

15th AMERICAN AIR FORCE CAME DOWN IN THIS PLACE

SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN AA AND FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

 

THIS STELE WAS ERECTED BY THE CITY OF SAINT-RAPHAEL

IN MEMORY OF THE TEN AIRMEN

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE

 

                                                                                           REMEMBER 

Commemorates:

Units:

777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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