A rectangular black plaque containing a message inscribed in French in gold lettering. The plaque tells that the Nadeau family rescued 1Lt Wilcox from German capture. On December 31, 1943, 1Lt Wilcox’s plane was shot down by flak during a mission to Bordeaux and Cognac. A few days after landing by parachute near Saujon in Charentes-Maritimes, he was sheltered by the Nadeau family in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille and hidden there until 11 September 1944 when he met US troops in Bordeaux. He was back in England on 20 September 1944.

Ici

Edouard et Léone NADEAU

et leur fils Frédéric

ont sauvé de l'occupation

de l'Allemagne Nazie,

l'aviateur américain

Robert WILCOX

(02.01.1944 - 09.09.1944)

réalisé le 19.12.2015

English translation:

Here

Edouard and Léone NADEAU

and their son Frédéric

saved from the occupation

of Nazi Germany,

the American aviator

Robert WILCOX

(02.01.1944 - 09.09.1944)

realized on 19.12.2015