Allied aviators secreted away

61 Orne City : Giel-Courteilles

Coordinates : 48°46'29"N 0°12'1"W

48.77461 -0.20039

48°46.476 N 0°12.024 W

The town's church cemetery wall bears a plaque commemorating US aviators.

Take the D909 S from Falaise then the D239 SE onto the D15 S to Giel-Courteilles.

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In memory of the allied aviators secreted away in Courteilles June-July-August 1944

Eugene Bennett
Rudolph Augarten
David Evans
John Campbell
Juin-Juillet-Aout 1944

The plaque was inaugurated in memory of an Allied pilot escape cell whose contact was Mr. Albert Terrier, a lumberjack in Courteilles. Mr. Tourrier drove some of them himself in his personal automobile.
Eugene Bennett, Rudolph Augarten, David Evans, John Campbell. June-July-August 1944.

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Fiche sur France-Crashes 39-45
Fiche sur France-Crashes 39-45

Notified by : Philippe Bauduin. Record added 29/09/2008.
Photos : Philippe Bauduin (09/2008).

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