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B-26 (41-34946) 'The Yankee Guerilla' Memorial

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Details:

On the side of the dead-end road rue Bejot.

Monument
A concrete monument with a stone plaque and a planter in front. French text commemorates the crash of the B-26 Yankee Gorilla of the 386th Bomb Group due to mechanical problems. 4 crewmembers died in the crash and two survived.

Monument Text:

A LA MÉMOIRE

DES AVIATEURS AMÉRICAINS

1ER LIEUTENANT WILLIAM FLINN

2E LIEUTENANT EVERETT G. JOHNSON

2E LIEUTENANT WAYNE D. HICKS

SERGENT-CHEF DANIEL J. GRAFF

TOMBÉS EN CET ENDRIOT POUR LEUR PATRIE

ET POUR LA LIBÉRATION DE LA FRANCE.

5 OCTOBRE 1944

 

 

English translation:

 

TO THE MEMORY

OF THE AMERICAN AIRMEN

1ST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM FLINN

2ND LIEUTENANT EVERETT G. JOHNSON

2ND LIEUTENANT WAYNE D. HICKS

STAFF SERGEANT DANIEL J. GRAFF

FALLEN IN THIS AREA FOR THEIR PATRIMONY

AND FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE.

OCTOBER 5, 1944

Commemorates:

People:

William, II Flinn

Daniel J. Graff

Wayne D. Hicks

Everett G. Johnson

Units:

386th Bomber Group

555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII