406th Fighter Group
Details:
On the south side of the D309 in the east side of the front courtyard of the town hall.
Monument
A small stone boulder bearing two brown plaques with inscriptions commemorating the 406th Fighter Group and its actions during WWII.
Monument Text:
Plaque 1:
406TH FIGHTER GROUP
ENGLAND-FRANCE-BELGIUM-GERMANY
1944-1945
13612 COMBAT FLIGHTS
512th 513th 514th
SQUADRONS
A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE MEN OF THIS
ORGANIZATION WHO DID THEIR PART
IN BRINGING ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL END
TO WORLD WAR II
They live in fame
Plaque 2:
EN RECONNAISSANCE À LA 406ÈME ESCADRILLE
DE CHASSE DE L'ARMÉE DE L'AIR AMÉRICAINE
STATIONNÉE PRÈS DE LOUPLANDE PENDANt
LA 2ème GUERRE MONDIALE. ELLE EFFECTUA,
DU 10 AU 23 SEPTEMBRE 1944, DES ATTAQUES
AÉRIENNES JOURNALIÈRES CONTRE L'ENNEMI
POUR AIDER À LA LIBERATION DU PEUPLE DE
SARTHE ET ÉVENTUELLEMENT À LA LIBERTÉ
DE LA FRANCE ENTIÈRE.
English translation:
In thanks to the US 406th Fighter Group stationed near Louplande during WWII. From September 10th to the 23rd, it flew daily missions for the liberation of the Sarthe people and eventually that of France itself.
