Courteilles Airmen Escape Plaque
Details:
On the exterior wall of the town's church cemetery.
Plaque
A blue plaque with white lettering commemorating the US aviators that were hidden in the town after crashing in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
A LA MEMOIRE
DES AVIATEURS ALLIES
HEBERGES CLANDESTINEMENT
A COURTEILLES
EUGENE BENNETT
RUDOLPH AUGARTEN
DAVID EVANS
JOHN CAMPBELL
JUIN-JUILLET-AOUT 1944
English translation:
IN MEMORY
OF THE ALLIED AVIATORS
SECRETED AWAY
IN COURTEILLES
EUGENE BENNETT
RUDOLPH AUGARTEN
DAVID EVANS
JOHN CAMPBELL
JUNE-JULY-AUGUST 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
371st Fighter Group
406th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group
56th Fighter Group
62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group
French Resistance
Partisans
Resistance
Wars:
WWII