B-26 (41-34946) 'The Yankee Guerilla' Memorial
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:
Units:
386th Bomber Group
555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII