I went to Blois last Wednesday. I met some very nice people and visited people who helped American airmen during the war. I also visited the Local museum and was absolutely amazed by the quality of the displayed material. Our English and Norwegian friend swould love the place. Our American friend shave a honor place too: there is a shell for the 493BG , a lot of material from the 3rd Army.
The museum is still rules by former Resistants who give first hand accounts.
The material exhibited is the one thye used (Stenguns, radios , parachutes etc..)

A lot of material dedicated to the SOE , the Lysanders, 161 Squadron

places featured are BLOIS VENDOME VALENCAY FRETEVAL

There are several Prizes (captured German material) including Swastika flags taken by the Resitance and the one Captured by LECLERC at Landsberg.

Many guns, aircraft pieces etc...

On the way back I saw a bridge west of Blois that was destroyed and never rebuilt. I asked locals and found out it was destroyed by P-38s on June 11th 1944 . I will open a thread for this later.



DB605 engine from a JG27 me109 shot down on June 25th 1944




MG from the same Messerchmitt




Hispano Suza engine from a French Dewoitine 520 flown by German LG1 pilots. It crashed after it ran out of petrol in 1942.





One of the dropped containers for the resistance. This one had a radio to get in touch with the Lysander pilots .

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