B-24 (41-29382) Plaque
Details:
By the roadside near the summit.
Marker
A crude low stone monument flanked by two flag poles and bearing a brown sign with white lettering commemorating the US airmen that crashed there during WWII.
Monument Text:
25 MAI 1944
LE B-24 "LIBERATOR" 41-29582 DE LA
15ème AIR FORCE AMERICAINE S'EST ECRASE EN CE LIEU
ABATTU PAR LA D.C.A. ET LA CHASSE ALLEMANDES
CETTE STELE EST ERIGEE PAR LA VILLE DE SAINT-RAPHAEL
A LA MEMOIRE DES DIX AVIATEURS
QUI ONT DONNE LEUR VIE POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE
SOUVENONS-NOUS
English translation:
MAY 25, 1944
THE B-24 "LIBERATOR" 41-29582 OF THE
15th AMERICAN AIR FORCE CAME DOWN IN THIS PLACE
SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN AA AND FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
THIS STELE WAS ERECTED BY THE CITY OF SAINT-RAPHAEL
IN MEMORY OF THE TEN AIRMEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE
REMEMBER
Commemorates:
Units:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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