A9 Airfield
Details:
At the Riboulet and Saonet intersection on the D5, the monument is located in a gravel plot, guarded by trimmed bushes and flanked by two flagpoles.
A vertical stone with a weathered plaque on it.
Monument Text:
A_9
CE TERRAIN D' ATTERRISSAGE AVANCE
DE L' ARMEE DE L' AIR DES U.S.A.
A ETE REALISE SUR LE TERRITOIRE DES COMMUNES
DE
SAONNET, LE MOLAY_LITTRY ET SAON
MIS EN SERVICE LE 30 JUIN 1944
FUT CONSTRUIT PAR
LE 884eme BATAILLON DU GENIE DE
LA IX eme ARMEE DE L' AIR DES U.S.A
THIS US ADVANCED LANDING GROUND
OPERATIONAL ON 30 JUNE 1944
WAS BUILT BY
THE 884TH AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION
IX ENGINEER COMMAND _IX US ARMY AIR FORCE.
67TH TACTICAL REC GROUP
10TH PHOTO REC GROUP
14TH LIAISON SQUADRON
2ND ADVANCED AIR DEPOT
L' UTILISERENT/USED BY
LE GENERAL DE GAULLE
PRESIDENT DU GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
MR CHURCHILL
PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED FORCES
AND V.I.P
EN MEMOIRE DE CEUX QUI DONNE LEUR VIE POUR LA LIBERTE
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
