Monument Details

Four B17 Crashes Monument -Yonne

Details:

At the roadside rest area.

Monument
A dark granite plaque with gold leaf text in French

The memorial remembers four B-17 that crashed in the Yonne during WW2. Five crew members of the b-17 "Slightly Dangerous" are buried nearby in Isolated Graves (ISOBs). See site Champigny Cemetery.

Monument Text:

Ce mémorial est dédié à la gloire et au souvenir de la 8th

United States Army Air Force dont dépendaient les quatre bombardiers B17

Flying Fortress tombes dans le nord de l'Yonne au cours de la guerre 1939 - 1945,

au retour de missions de bombardement sur l'ALLEMAGNE

42-3293 "Slightly Dangerous" du 388th Bomb Group,

à Champigny le 6 Septembre 1943

42-32086 "You Never Know" du 457th Bomb Group,

à Champlay le 10 Septembre 1944

43-38161 "Ombree Ago" du 100th Bomb Group,

à Chamvres le 11 Septembre 1944

42-32101 "El Lobo II" du 457th Bomb Group,

à Chigy le 19 Mars 1945

DURANT LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE,

POUR LA SEULE 8TH AIR FORCE,

44000 JEUNES AMÉRICAINS ONT DONNE LEUR VIE

POUR LA DÉFENSE DE LA LIBERTÉ

ET LA RÉCONCILIATION ENTRE LES PEUPLES

QU'ILS NE SOIENT JAMAIS OUBLIES

Ce monument a été finance par:

Conseil General de l'Yonne - Groupement National des Réfractaires et Maquisards de l'Yonne - "Ministère de la Défense, direction de la mémoire du patrimoine et des archives" -

Souvenir Français - BOEING U.S.A. - Fédération A. MAGINOT - Communauté de Communes de la Vanne - Senoble a Jouy - et de très nombreux donateurs.

Pierre COLSON Initiateur du Mémorial 20 Septembre 2003

English translation:

This memorial is dedicated to the glory and remembrance of the 8th

United States Army Air Force to which was assigned the four B17 bombers

Flying Fortress that fell in the north of the Yonne during the 1939 - 1945 war,

on returning from bombing missions to Germany

42-3293 "Slightly Dangerous" of the 388th Bomb Group,

in Champigny on September 6, 1943

42-32086 "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group,

in Champlay on September 10, 1944

43-38161 "Ombree Ago" of the 100th Bomb Group,

in Chamvres on September 11, 1944

42-32101 "El Lobo II" of the 457th Bomb Group,

in Chigy on March 19, 1945

During World War II,

for the 8th Air Force alone,

44,000 young Americans gave their lives

for the defense of freedom

and reconciliation between peoples

May they never be forgotten

This monument was funded by:

General Council of Yonne - National Group of Refractories and Maquisards of Yonne - "Ministry of Defense, direction of heritage memory and archives" -

Souvenir Français - Boeing USA - Federation A. Maginot - Communauté de Communes de la Vanne - Senoble a Jouy - and many donors.

Pierre Colson Initiator of the Memorial September 20, 2003

Commemorates:

People:

Robert G. Anderson

Richard S. "Doc" Barnett

William Joseph Frazier