Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Memorial, Le Mesnil-Villement
A memorial to four pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force who were shot down on the 12th August 1944 while attacking the bridge at Le Mesnil-Villement in their Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers.
The bridge over the Orne at Le Mesnil-Villement was bombed in order to prevent it being used by the Germans to escape from the closing Falaise pocket.
PONT DES CANADIENS
A LA MEMOIRE
DES PILOTES CANADIENS
DE TYPHOON
F/LT T.A. BUGG - F/O J.F. DEWAR
F/O E.J. ALLEN - F/O R.O. MOEN
TUES POUR NOTRE LIBERTE EN ATTAQUANT
CE PONT LE 12-08-1944
F/Lt T.A. Bugg, F/O J.F. Dewar and F/O E.J. Allen are buried in Normandy at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery. F/O R.O Moen is commemorated at the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.
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| Longitude: | 48.849027 |
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| Latitude: | -0.38962 |
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