Pilot LT Michela Plaque
Details:
Center of Suriauville Forest site.
Plaque
Stone stand holding a dark plaque with gold lettering, French and U.S. flags, and U.S. Air Corps insignia etched in.
The plaque remembers LT Frank Michela of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group who died near here in August 1944.
Monument Text:
A la mémoire du pilote Americain
Lt Frank MICHELA
Abattu le 11 Août 1944
Sur la commune de SURIAUVILLE
English translation:
To the memory of American pilot
Lt Frank MICHELA
Shot down on 11 August 1944
in the town of SURIAUVILLE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
355th Fighter Group
358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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