A-8 Picauville-Amfreville
Details:
On the eastern side of the D69. Marker A vertical stone slab with gold lettering commemorating the air units that used the landing ground and those that built it.
Monument Text:
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR LIBERTY
FROM THE ADVANCED
LANDING GROUND A 8
BUILT BY THE 826 TH
AIR ENGRS BATTALION
OF NINTH USA AIR FORCE
WERE OPERATIONAL
405TH FIGHTER GROUP USAAF
06.30 TO 09.14.1944
264TH 604TH NIGHT FIGHTER
SOS OF RAF
08.06 TO 09.08.1944
PICAUVILLE - AMFREVILLE
Commemorates:
Units:
405th Fighter Group
826th Air Engineer Battalion
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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