1st Lt Ronald M. Nichols
Details:
By the side of the D57.
A slim vertical stone monument next to a rectangular stone block mounted on a stone base in a gravel plot. Black information, pics, and insignia plaques adorn both.
Monument Text:
Le 12 aout 1944
est mort pour notre liberte
le 1st Lt Ronald NICHOLS
de l'aviation américaine.
Son navigateur, le 2nd Lt Elbert HARRIS
a pu, grace a des habitants puis au maquis ROGER
regagner son pays apres la libération.
English translation:
USAF 1st Lt Ronald Nichols died for our liberty on August 12th 1944. His navigator 2nd Lt Elbert Harris returned home after the liberation thanks to the help of local inhabitants and the Roger cell of the French resistance.
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People:
Units:
653rd Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomb Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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