US Airfield A-5 (404th Fighter Group) Monument
Details:
By a pond, in a gravel area.
Monument
A vertical stone pillar with a long rectangular plaque. The monument remembers Airfield A-5, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-5", or Chippelle Airfield. The monument also members the of the 404th Fighter Group who fell while serving form this airfield in 1944. The 404th Fighter group consisted of the 506th (4K), 507th (Y8), 508th (7J) Fighter Squadrons (P-47D).
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Monument Text:
A 5
404 F.G
US Air Force
F.S 506 507 508
1944-1985
404 FG USAF
Normandy
May-August 1944
1st Lieutenant Martin E.Adams
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Botte
1st Lieutenant Max W. Conn
1st Lieutenant Bert Espy Jr
1st Lieutenant Russell S. Fredendall
1st Lieutenant Robert W. Green
2nd Lieutenant Edgar E. Grove
PFC Joseph L. Hickman
CPL Robert M. Hopkins
1st Lieutenant Robert W. Huse
1st Lieutenant Joseph C. Joyce
1st Lieutenant Benjamin F. Kitchens
2nd Lieutenant Charles E. Labno
1st Lieutenant Thomas C. Leake
2nd Lieutenant Edward C. Manchester Jr
1st Lieutenant Charles H. Viccellio
1st Lieutenant Wilbur E Vinson
1st Lieutenant Joseph H. Vivian
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
404th Fighter Group
506th Fighter Squadron
507th Fighter Squadron
508th Fighter Squadron
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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