Memorial Hidden Airmen Chapelle Sainte-Marie-du-Ménez-Hom

Eighteen British and American pilots were hidden in this church in September and October 1943. This marble plaque with engraved gold letters commemorates the local citizens who helped them, the Bordeaux-Loupiac Network, their perished leader Jean-Claude Camors and the fishermen who brought the pilots to England at great risk to their lives. At the top centre of the plaque is the Liberation Cross with V for victory.

Drawing on the plaque:
'DANS CETTE CHAPELLE ONT ÉTÉ CACHES DIX HUIT AVIATEURS BRITANNIQUES ET AMERICAINS EN SEPTEMBRE ET OCTOBRE 1943 PENDANT L'OCCUPATION ALLEMANDE GRÂCE À L'AIDE SANS RÉSERVE DE LA POPULATION LOCALE, AU COURAGE ET AU DÉVOUEMENT DES MEMBRES DU RÉSEAU BORDEAUX-LOUPIAC ET AU SACRIFICE DE SON CHEF JEAN-CLAUDE CAMORS CHACUN D'EUX EST ARRIVÉ À REJOINDRE L'ANGLETERRE PAR DES BÂTEAUX DE PÊCHE DE CAMAMARET ET DE DOUARNENEZ'

'IN THIS CHAPEL EIGHTEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIRMEN WERE HIDDEN IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1943 DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION THANKS TO THE UNSTINTING HELP OF THE LOCAL POPULATION, THE COURAGE AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BORDEAUX-LOUPIAC NETWORK AND THE SACRIFICE OF ITS LEADER JEAN-CLAUDE CAMORS EACH OF THEM MANAGED TO REACH ENGLAND ON FISHING BOATS FROM CAMAMARET AND DOUARNENEZ'.

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