2nd Lt Alva D. Bessey
Details:
Monument
A stone alcove mounted on a roadside stone wall bearing a small stone obelisk with gold lettering commemorating Lt Bessey.
Monument Text:
EN
HOMMAGE A
ALVIN BESSEY
PILOTE
AMERICAIN
D'UN P47
ABATTU
LE 22 JUIN 1944
SUR LA COMMUNE
DE
BRETTEVILLE
EN SAIRE.
"CEUX QUI NE SE
SOUVIENNENT
PAS DU PASSE
SONT CONDAMNES
A LE REVIVRE."
G.S.
English translation:
In hommage to American P-47 pilot Alvin Bessey who was shot down on June 22nd 1944 over the town of Bretteville en Saire.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it.”
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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