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493rd Bomber Group Crash Memorial

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Details:

At the base of the town's war memorial next to the local church.

Plaque
A black plaque with gold lettering commemorating US airmen who crashed in the area during WWII at the base of a white monument with an engraving of an angel.

Monument Text:

A la Memoire des Aviateurs Américains

Du 493ème Groupe De Bombardiers

De La 8ème US Air Force

Tombés le 18 Aôut 1944

A l'Age de 20 Ans

Pour notre Liberté

 

 

English translation:

 

In Memory of American Airmen

493rd Bomb Group

8th US Air Force

Who fell on August 18, 1944

In their age of twenties

For our Freedom

Commemorates:

People:

Robert Allen

John G. Doyle

Raymond L. Gourlay

Norman C.  Grant

Raymond R. Guthrie

Glenn A. Guyer

John Conway Kehoe

Felix J. Shostak

George H. Washington

Units:

493rd Bomb Group (Heavy)

860th Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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