In the military square of the cemetery.

Cenotaph

A headstone that is laid on the ground, bearing a black plaque containing a commemoration message for 2Lt Lowder. The plaque also contains the pilot’s etched portrait as well as an engraving of the American flag. The inscription is written in French in gold-leaf lettering. 2Lt Lowder’s aircraft crashed in the Choqueuse Forest in the commune of Jouarre during a reconnaissance mission on July 8, 1944. He is now buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France.

Source of photos: Claude Dannau / www.aerosteles.net

Hommage au

Lt James P LOWDER Jr

victime du crash de

son avion abattu en

Forêt de Choqueuse

le

8 JUILLET 1944

English translation:

In homage to

Lt James P LOWDER Jr

victim of the crash

when his plane was shot down in

Choqueuse Forest

on

JULY 8TH 1944