2nd Lt Frank Grdenich Monument -479th Fighter Group
Details:
On the north side of the road.
A large rough-hewn stone in which a rectangular bronze plaque is affixed. The plaque is inscribed in French in raised lettering. Also on the plaque is the 434th Fighter Squadron insignia and a P-38 Lightning, both in relief. This stele evokes the crash of a P38J Lightning of the 434th FS, 479th FG, and the death of its pilot, 2nd Lieutenant Frank Grdenich on June 19, 1944. The crash took place in a meadow behind the stele, following a mid-air collision with the P-38 of 1st. Lt Kuentzel.
To see the memorial to 1LT Ward Kuentzel, see Site: Montilly-sur-Noireau
Source of information and images: www.aerosteles.net, ansa.ornemaine.free.fr
Monument Text:
2 ND LIEUTENANT
FRANK GRDENICH
PILOTE USAAF
|
G 479 |
(-434th Fighter Squadron insignia-) |
O-760456 SQ 434 |
MORT POUR NOTRE LIBERTE
LE 19 JUIN 1944
AUX COMMANDANTS (-P-38 Lightning relief-) DE SON P 38 LIGHTING
English translation:
2 ND LIEUTENANT
FRANK GRDENICH
USAAF PILOT
|
G 479 |
(-434th Fighter Squadron insignia-) |
O-760456 SQ 434 |
DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM
JUNE 19, 1944
IN COMMAND (-P-38 Lightning relief-) OF HIS P 38 LIGHTING
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
379th Fighter Squadron
434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group
479th Fighter Group
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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