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2nd Lt Harold M. Gnessin

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Details:

The memorial is located under a tree by the dirt path between two residential properties. It remains visible from the road.

Marker
A half-circle vetical stone monument with gold lettering commemorating Lt Gnessin.

Monument Text:

Harold Morris Gnessin

1920 - 1944

 

Lieutenant Aviateur Americain

abattu dans le ciel de Cornebarrieu

le dimanche 25 Juin 1944

pour la liberation de la FRANCE.

 

 

English translation:

 

Harold Morris Gnessin

1920 - 1944

 

An American aviation lieutenant

shot down in the sky over Cornebarrieu

on Sunday, June 25th, 1944 for the liberation of FRANCE.

Commemorates:

People:

Harold M. Gnessin

Units:

602nd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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