Squeakyclean
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Hi all, I've just got back from a week's holiday in France just south of Paris. Most of the holiday was actually spent at Disneyland Paris (some giant diorama ideas there!) but we spent one day walking in the Rambouillet woods near to where we were staying and quite by chance I came across this marker stone marking the death of two Frenchmen 69 years ago almost to the day. The inscription reads - loosely translated :-
Died For France: Lepage Gaston, Pilot Adjt-Chief. Petriconne Pierre, Sgt-Chief 60th Infantry Group of the Air whose aircraft was shot down here on June 12, 1940 by the luftwaffe.
I haven't posted for a while due to work commitments but hopefully will have something soon. Keep well. Matt
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Died For France: Lepage Gaston, Pilot Adjt-Chief. Petriconne Pierre, Sgt-Chief 60th Infantry Group of the Air whose aircraft was shot down here on June 12, 1940 by the luftwaffe.
I haven't posted for a while due to work commitments but hopefully will have something soon. Keep well. Matt
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