Advanced landing group A13 Tour-en-Bessin

14 Calvados City : Vaucelles

Coordinates : 49°17'18"N 0°45'4"W

49.28830 -0.75107

49°17.298 N 0°45.064 W

A rock with a plaque commemorating american aviators surrounded by a low wall.
Alongside the D613 between Vaucelles and Tour-en-Bessin

A13
In respectful memory of those who gave their lives for liberty

From the advanced landing group A13
built by the 846th Air Engineers Battalion
of the 9th US Air Force, were operational:

373rd Fighter Group
July 19th to August 19th, 1944

406th Fighter Group
July 30th to August 17th, 1944

394th Bombardment Group
August 25th to September 18th, 1944

Sully - Tour-en-Bessin
Vaucelles - June 6th, 1989

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Notified by : Philippe Bauduin.
Photos : Philippe Bauduin. Martial Pain.

Record added 30/12/2007

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