2nd Lt. Harvie J. Arnold Monument
Details:
On the west side of the road.
An upright, headstone-style stele bearing a rectangular plaque that commemorates 2Lt Arnold. Printed on the plaque are a commemoration message, a P-51 Mustang, the insignias of the 8th Air Force and 4th Fighter Group, a photo of the aviator, and the logo of ABSA 1939-1945. The commemoration message is written in French. The monument was inaugurated on November 11, 2014.
2Lt Arnold’s plane, P-51 # 44-13307 ‘Butch’, crashed in La Dibois near the town of Baguer-Morvan after being shot down by a small arms fire.
Source of photos: www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
HOMMAGE AU PILOTE AMÉRICAIN TOMBÉ EN CE LIEU
IL A DONNE SA VIE POUR LA LIBERTE
NE L'OUBLIONS PAS
(-P-51 image-)
NORTH AMERICAN P-51D-5NA MUSTANG
4TH FIGHTER GROUP - 336TH FIGHTER SQUADRON
8TH AIR FORCE
BAGUER MORVAN
"LA DIBOIS"
FRANCE 18 JUIN 1944
English translation:
TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN PILOT WHO FELL HERE
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM
LET US NOT FORGET HIM
(-P-51 image-)
NORTH AMERICAN P-51D-5NA MUSTANG
4TH FIGHTER GROUP - 336TH FIGHTER SQUADRON
8TH AIR FORCE
BAGUER MORVAN
"LA DIBOIS"
FRANCE JUNE 18, 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
4th Fighter Group
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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