Gourbesville Liberators Memorial

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Memorial to the three hundred U.S. soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division and 82nd Airborne Division who died liberating Gourbesville in June 1944.

To thier liberators
The people of GOURBESVILLE
in memory of the three hundred
U.S. soldiers who dies on our
soil in June 1944

The site also contains the engine of a P-47 flown by Kenneth Hindersinn which was shotdown over Normandy.

Located in the nearby Gourbesville church yard there is also a plaque in memory of James R Hattrick

A LA MEMOIRE DE
JAMES R.HATTRICK
SOLDAT DE LA 82^ED^ON PARACHUTISTES
ET DES 300 SOLDATS AMERICAINS
TOMBES AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR
A GOURBESVILLE DU 6 AU 16 JUIN 1944

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Gourbesville Liberators Memorial - Close up

Gourbesville Liberators Memorial engine of P-47 flown by Kenneth Hindersinn

Gourbesville church yard, plaque in memory of James R Hattrick

Gourbesville church yard, plaque in memory of James R Hattrick close up

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Longitude:	-1.409704
Latitude:	49.420699

Longitude:

-1.409704

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49.420699

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