1st and 14th FG Pilots Memorial
Details:
On the roadside of the D23 east of Camaret-sur-Aigues.
Monument
A tall white vertical stone monument set on cobblestones and bearing a white plaque commemorating the US fighter pilots who crashed in the area during WWII. Inaugurated on 16 April 2005.
Monument Text:
1ST FG 15TH AF USAAF 14TH FG
A LA MEMOIRE DES PILOTES AMERICAINS
2LT HUGH B. CRANDALL - USAAF - 95TH FS - 1ST FG
† 15 JUIN 1944
1LT HAROLD V. DUGGLEBY - USAAF - 94TH FS - 1ST FG
† 15 JUIN 1944
1LT WARREN E. SEMPLE - USAAF - 49TH FS - 14TH FG
† 15 JUIN 1944
2LT ROBERT D. SIMPSON - USAAF - 48TH FS - 14TH FG
† 6 AOUT 1944
2LT DONALD A. TRACY - USAAF - 49TH FS - 14TH FG
† 13 AOUT 1944
TOMBES POUR LA LIBERTE
ET DE TOUTES LES VICTIMES DE LA GUERRE 39-45
DISPARUS SUR LE PLAN DE DIEU.
English translation:
In memory of US pilots
2nd Lt Hugh B. Crandall - USAAF - 95th FS - 1st FG
KIA June 15th 1944
1st Lt Harold V. Duggleby - USAAF - 94th FS - 1st FG
KIA June 15th 1944
1st Lt Warren E. Semple - USAAF - 49th FS - 14th FG
KIA June 15th 1944
2nd Lt Robert D. Simpson - USAAF - 48th FS - 14th FG
KIA August 6th 1944
2nd Lt Donald A. Tracy - USAAF - 49th FS - 14th FG
KIA August 13th 1944
Killed for our freedom
And for all the victims of the 39-45 war who died on the Plan de Dieu
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
14th Fighter Group
15th Air Force
95th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group
Wars:
WWII
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