Allied Airmen Fallen over Langeland Plaque
Details:
Behind the CWGC portion of the cemetery, against the wall. Plaque
A white marble inscribed plaque attached to the wall; an airplane propeller is mounted next to the plaque.
The plaque remembers Allied Airmen from Britain, Canada and the US who fell over Langeland, Denmark in World War 2. The graveyard currently holds the graves of British and Canadian Airmen, to include the American Air Gunner Stanley E. Bostwick KIA with the RCAF and the cenotaphs of Americans that were buried here during the war.
Monument Text:
The text on the plaque is in Danish. The English translation:
ERECTED IN MEMORY
OF BRITISH, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN AIRMEN
SHOT DOWN OVER LANGELAND
IN THE WAR 1939-1945
YOU SONS of FREEDOM, HEROES OF THE SKY
YOUR DEATHS TOLD OF DEEDS IN DARK AND EVIL TIMES
HERE IN THE LAND OF KINSMEN MAY THE PEACE OF GOD
SURROUND YOUR BURIAL MOUNDS
WE RAISE THE TEMPLE ARCHES OF MEMORY, VICTORY
AND THANSKFULNESS
