B-17 42-5792
Details:
On the west roadside of the D23.
Marker
A grey vertical stone slab with flanking wings and golden lettering commemorating the US aviators that crashed there during WWII.
Monument Text:
Ici s'abattait le 4 Juillet 1943 une forteresse volante americaine
A la memoire des Lieutenants
Robert S.O. Conor
Richard Peterson
Membres de l'equipage et des Francais qui moururent en deportation pour avoir sauve les survivants
Les Francais reconnaissants
English translation:
Here crashed a US flying fortress on July 4th 1943
In memory of Lieutenants
Robert S.O. Conor
Richard Peterson
and to the members of the crew as well as the Frenchmen who died in deportation for having helped the survivors
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
358th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group
427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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