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Details:

In the middle of the Verneuil-sur-Seine Regional Forest off the Chemin des Cornouillers.

Marker
A tall thin wooden sign with an inscription commemorating Maj Shurlds who crashed there during WWII.

Monument Text:

Ici,

le Major Americain

Henry William Shurlds

pilote de l'US Air Force,

a été abattu

aux commandes de son avion P 47,

le 19 Aout 1944, a l'age de 25 ans.

 

English translation:

 

USAAF pilot Major Henry William Shurlds was shot down here while flying his P-47 on August 19th 1944. He was 25.

Commemorates:

People:

Henry William, Jr. Shurlds

Units:

513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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