Chapelle Sainte-Marie-du-Ménez-Hom Allied Airmen Plaque
Details:
Inside the church.
A rectangular marble plaque inscribed with a commemoration message that is written in French in engraved and gold lettering. On the top center of the plaque is the Liberation Cross with V for victory. Various British and American airmen were hidden in the church until taken to England by the local fishermen, running the risk of going past Brest with the airmen hidden on the boats.
Source of information and photos: www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
AVIATEURS BRITANNIQUES ET AMERICAINS EN SEPTEMBRE
ET OCTOBRE 1943 PENDANT L'OCCUPATION ALLEMANDE
GRÂCE À L'AIDE SANS RÉSERVE DE LA POPULATION
LOCALE, AU COURAGE ET AU DÉVOUEMENT DES MEMBRES DU
RÉSEAU BORDEAUX-LOUPIAC ET AU SACRIFICE DE SON CHEF JEAN-
CLAUDE CAMORS CHACUN D'EUX EST ARRIVÉ À REJOINDRE L'ANGLE-
TERRE PAR DES BÂTEAUX DE PÊCHE DE CAMAMARET ET DE DOUARNENEZ
English translation:
IN THIS CHAPEL WERE HIDDEN EIGHTEEN
BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIRMEN IN SEPTEMBER
AND OCTOBER 1943 DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION
THANKS TO THE UNRESERVED HELP OF THE LOCAL POPULATION, TO THE COURAGE AND DEVOTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BORDEAUX-LOUPIAC NETWORK AND TO THE SACRIFICE OF ITS LEADER JEAN-CLAUDE CAMORS EACH OF THEM MANAGED TO REACH ENGLAND BY FISHING BOATS FROM CAMAMARET AND DOUARNENEZ