2Lt Norbert W. Herriges Monument Plaque
Details:
Attached to the town's war memorial in the town square.
Plaque
A large stone pillar with a white plaque bearing an inscription commemorating Lt Herriges who crashed in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
Au Lieutenant
Norbert W. HERRIGES
Pilote de chasse au
27th Fighter group
Mort pour la Liberation
de France à Pourrières,
le 12 Aoùt 1944
English translation:
For Lieutenant
Norbert W. HERRIGES
A fighter pilot in the
27th Fighter Group
Died for the Liberation
of France at Pourrières,
on August 12, 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
12th Air Force
522nd Fighter Squadron, 27th Fighter Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII