Lt Cook 40-44 Museum
Details:
Down a small country road.
MuseumDiscover the history of the Botte du Hainaut during the Second World War. Relive this war and the Liberation in the barn where the first American officer, Lieutenant Cook, died during the Liberation of Belgium (See site Imbreches - Liberation Memorial, for more on LT Claude Cook of the 9th Infantry Division). Three museum spaces, with three stories told through objects and reconstructions: the Thiérache resistance, the B-17 Susan Ruth (See Site Momignies, B-17 42-31499 Susan Ruth Air Crash Monument); and the battles of the Liberation.
Museum website: https://www.cm-tourisme.be/en/a/40-44-museum-lieutenant-cook
and https://www.momignies.be/loisirs/tourisme/patrimoine/musee-40-44
Other nearby memorials associated with this museum include:
See Sites:
Site Chimay Saint Remy, Chimay Airmen & Belgian Resistance Execution Monument
Site Chimay Forest, Chimay Forest American Airmen and Belgian Civilian Execution Site Memorial
Site Chimay Southwest, Chimay Southwest B-17 Aircrew Execution Site Plaque
Site Imbreches - Liberation Memorial, several memorials
Monument Text:
Commemorates:
Units:
1st Army
303rd Bomber Group
306th Bombardment Group
322nd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy
369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy
60th Infantry Regiment
8th Air Force
91st Bomber Group
9th Infantry Division
Resistance
Wars:
WWII
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