On the east side of the terrain about 53 meters north of the chalet.

Marker

A headstone shape stele bearing a commemoration message that is written in French in white lettering. The stele is leaning on an engine that came from one of the two F-100 Supersabre aircraft. Gaby Bochet, who erected a stele at the crash site engraved the names of the two pilots killed, Lieutenant William Evans, 24, of Kansas, and William Whittington, 25, of California. The two pilots took off from the Hahn base in the FRG and headed for Mâcon. They were supposed to transmit at 10 a.m. over Montbéliard.

Note: The date of the crash was on June 25, not June 26 which is inscribed on the marker.

Source of information: www.aerosteles.net, www.estrepublicain.fr

Source of photos: Stéphane Muret / www.aerosteles.net

A

LA MÉMOIRE DE

WILLIAM EVANS

24 ANS DU KANSAS

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON

25 ANS DE CALIFORNIE

PILOTES A L'U.S.A.F.

QUI SE SONT FRACASSES DANS LES

ROCHERS DU LUTHIER AU COURS D'UNE

MISSION AERIENNE PAR MAUVAIS TEMPS

PENDANT LA GUERRE FROIDE

POUR LA LIBERTE

LE 26 JUNE 1963

English translation:

IN

MEMORY OF

WILLIAM EVANS

24 YEARS OF KANSAS

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON

25 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA

U.S.A.F. PILOTS

WHO CRASHED INTO THE

LUTHIER'S ROCKS DURING

A BAD-WEATHER AIR MISSION

DURING THE COLD WAR

FOR FREEDOM

JUNE 26, 1963