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Lt Cook 40-44 Museum

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Down a small country road.

Museum

Discover 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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