LT Booth Monument - 371st Fighter Group
Details:
Very visible on the east side of the D-23 between Remiremont and Val d'Ajol, just north of Faymont.
Monument
A grey granite stele with French text commemorating LT Robert A. Booth, who crashed in his Thunderbolt in the woods near the site while trying to resupply the WW2 "Lost Battalion".
Monument Text:
A LA MEMOIRE
DU 1er Lt Robert A. BOOTH
9th Air Force
405th Fighter Squadron
371st Fighter Group
TOMBE AU CHAMP D’HONNEUR
AUX COMMANDES DE
SON AVION THUNDERBOLT
LE 27 OCTOBRE 1944
N’OUBLIONS PAS
★★★★★★★★
★★★★★★★★
IN MEMORY
of 1st Lt Robert A. BOOTH
9th Air Force
405th Fighter Squadron
371st Fighter Group
WHOSE THUNDERBOLD[sic]
CRASHED AT THE SITE
OCTOBER THE 27th 1944
NEVER FORGET
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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