B-24 (42-63978) "Lonesome Polecat" Monument
Details:
On the southern curved roadside of the rue des Jardiniers.
Marker
A weathered stone monument commemorating the US aviators that crashed there during WWII.
Monument Text:
Le matin du 11 Fevrier 1944 s'abattait en ces lieux
le Liberator B24D (263978
330th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, de la 8th Air Force des Etats-Unis.
Les dix membres de l'equipage et deux civils francais perdirent la vie.
IN MEMORIAM
|
Lt. Omar A. TURNER |
T/Sgt. Mitchell W. POWELL |
|
Lt. Hubert R. TARDIF |
Sgt. Willis D. KING |
|
2nd Lt. Wilfred J. KOEHN |
Sgt. Robert E. HAGEY |
|
2nd Lt. Theodore H. OLSON |
Sgt. Ruel K. BOONE |
|
T/Sgt. Clifford A. STAFFORD |
Sgt. Herbert J. GARROW |
|
|
|
|
Janine LECONTE |
Raymond LECONTE |
English translation:
On the morning of February 11, 1944, the following aircraft crashed here
the Liberator B24D "Lonesome Polecat" 263978
of the 330th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, U.S. 8th Air Force.
All ten crew members and two French civilians lost their lives.
IN MEMORIAM
|
Lt. Omar A. TURNER |
T/Sgt. Mitchell W. POWELL |
|
Lt. Hubert R. TARDIF |
Sgt. Willis D. KING |
|
2nd Lt. Wilfred J. KOEHN |
Sgt. Robert E. HAGEY |
|
2nd Lt. Theodore H. OLSON |
Sgt. Ruel K. BOONE |
|
T/Sgt. Clifford A. STAFFORD |
Sgt. Herbert J. GARROW |
|
|
|
|
Janine LECONTE |
Raymond LECONTE |
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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