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LT Booth Monument - 371st Fighter Group

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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:

Robert A. Booth

Units:

405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group

9th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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