{"id":56179,"date":"2024-10-22T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/?p=56179"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:21:58","slug":"gerard-lequien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/en\/2024\/10\/22\/gerard-lequien\/","title":{"rendered":"The memory of the air war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-excerpt\">The city of<strong> bomber crash <\/strong>on 6 September 1943 over his home village of Airion as the<strong>he was only 13 years old <\/strong>has been decisive in the life of <strong>G\u00e9rard Lequien<\/strong>. For eighty years, he has been researching, contacting airmen and their families, and collecting debris, objects and documents relating to some of the 500 military aircraft that fell between 1940 and 1945 in the Oise region. <strong>He donated all his treasures to the town of Saint-Maximin <\/strong>which opened a <strong>museum of the bombings, where he is a fascinating guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56275\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813-387x516.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5813.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>G\u00e9rard Lequien<\/strong>the collector behind the Mus\u00e9e des Bombardments in Saint-Maximin, welcomed us to talk about his superb collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Plane crash in 1973<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it's a piece of metal, a uniform, a medal, a jerry can or a document, he knows everything about their history. Which aircraft or serviceman it belonged to, where and when he found it.<strong> G\u00e9rard Lequien is the custodian of the memory of the dark hours of aerial warfare in the skies over the Oise region between 1940 and 1945.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"<em>\u00a0<strong>This passion dates back to 6 September 1943<\/strong>, <\/em>explains this smiling moustachioed 93-year-old.<em> For weeks, hundreds of Allied bombers had been passing over Airion, where I was born near Clermont, on a daily basis. And that day I realised that one of them was in trouble when I saw two parachutes open. Information was not circulated as it is today, and <strong>after a few days I knew it had crashed in the Bois des Moines,<\/strong> to the east of the village. I went there with some friends, but we were turned away because the site was guarded by the German army. When I went back much later, I was digging around and found various pieces of the plane that hadn't been recovered for remelting.<\/em>\u00a0\"The virus had been inoculated and curiosity was going to win out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"\u00a0<em>I learned that this B17 from the 8<sup>e<\/sup> Air Force, a 10-seat, four-engine heavy bomber named the <\/em>\"Lucky Thirteen,<em> was returning from Stuttgart in Germany after a shelling operation, and that <strong>while 7 crew members were captured by the Germans, 3 others were taken in by the Resistance<\/strong>. <\/em>\"However, knowing more about this B17 was not enough, and for decades G\u00e9rard Lequien was interested in more than sixty other aircraft shot down during this period in the d\u00e9partement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-1200x927.jpg\" alt=\"The V1 bomb was assembled in an underground quarry in Saint-Leu-d&#039;Esserent\" class=\"wp-image-33897\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-1200x927.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-900x695.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-650x502.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-387x299.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1-275x212.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/v1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>A thousand and one professions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But before sacrificing your time to this activity, you had to work.<\/strong> \"<em>\u00a0My parents were farmers, managing 300 hectares. So as soon as I got the \"\u00a0<\/em>certification\u00a0<em>\"I joined them. Seven years later, I left to do my military service in Berlin in the 11<sup>e<\/sup> armoured regiment. After tractors, driving a tank didn't impress me... There were 400 of us young Frenchmen, and from the very first day the captain wanted to see me: as I was the only one with all the licences, <strong>he asked me to be his chauffeur<\/strong> for two years. I used to pick him up in the morning in a brand new Opel Kapitan, and <strong>In the afternoons I drove his wife to the shops. I even looked after their dog!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demobilised in 1953, the young man decided to forget farming. As a driver for a chemical plant in Catenoy, he began transporting ether, alcohol and other products to 300 customers from Lille to Paris. Then, by chance, he joined the <strong>Fitz-James interdepartmental hospital centre to become a psychiatric nurse<\/strong>\u00a0He stayed for 32 years! \"<em>\u00a0At the time, it housed 4,300 patients in 17 wards, <\/em>he recalls. <em>In the unit for difficult patients, I created occupational therapy workshops with professional activities, and I set up camping trips in the forest of Hez to get patients out of the institution, which was innovative.<\/em>\u00a0\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>A passion since 1960<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As for his spare time, from 1960 onwards it was devoted exclusively to his research into plane crashes, after he discovered that <strong>his father and older brother were members of the Resistance\u00a0<\/strong>: \"<em>\u00a0They took part in the first parachute drop of weapons in the Oise department at Airion<\/em>\u00a0\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-4 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"56282\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56282\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831-387x516.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5831.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fred Noury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"56237\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-9-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56237\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-9-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-9-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-9-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-9-16x12.jpg 16w, 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data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55275\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements---CreilSudOise-Tourisme--2--387x290.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"56235\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56235\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-900x507.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4-387x218.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-4.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creil Sud Oise Tourisme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>In contact with the airmen's families<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A tireless traveller, G\u00e9rard Lequien cross-checks information, visits sites, and people start talking about him. \"<em>\u00a0In May 2006, <strong>I received a call from England<\/strong>\u00a0A collector found out about my work from a newspaper article. He had belonged to a group of ex-servicemen who were working on the history of the Airion B17, but they couldn't locate the exact crash site.<\/em>\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-6 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"50240\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50240\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--900x507.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5--387x218.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--5-.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"50244\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--1--1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50244\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--1--1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--1--600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--1--900x507.jpg 900w, 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data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-674x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56239\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-674x1200.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-337x600.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-505x900.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-200x356.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-650x1158.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43-387x689.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-43.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creil Sud Oise Tourisme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a mission of remembrance, <strong>G\u00e9rard Lequien extended his activities from 1970 by contacting families in the USA.<em>\u00a0without speaking English\u00a0<\/em>\"<\/strong>he laughs. Over the years,<strong> his garage is filled with hundreds of objects relating to the Second World War<\/strong>. Even a Jeep and a Dodge ambulance! \"\u00a0<em>For 11 years <strong>I've organised some gatherings of vintage military vehicles in Normandy<\/strong>, <\/em>he reveals. <em>J<strong>I have contributed to books such as the one on the 500 aircraft that fell in the Oise region.<\/strong>, <strong>I got to know members of the crew and their families<\/strong> that I took to the crash sites. I gave them pieces of the planes when they left. <strong>I even went to Poland to meet military personnel.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Exhibiting your collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the compulsive collector who tirelessly fights against oblivion <strong>is worried about the future of his finds and the continuity of his years of investigations.<\/strong> \"\u00a0<em>My two daughters don't have the same passion as me,\" he explains. So I contacted a dozen towns where planes had crashed, but there was no return.<\/em>\u00a0\"In 2014, he was warned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/en\/patrimoine\/maison-de-la-pierre-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maison de la Pierre<\/a> of Saint-Maximin, a town razed to the ground to the tune of 95 % in 1944, has opened a room dedicated to the bombings during the war. On the spot, he explains his wish to preserve everything he has collected. \"<em> <\/em><strong><em>Two days later, the Town Hall invited me to move into an unused communal space.<\/em> <\/strong>\"he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"403\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--1200x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50241\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--1200x403.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--600x201.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--900x302.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--18x6.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--200x67.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--650x218.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7--387x130.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-a-Saint-Maximin---Creil-Sud-Oise-Tourisme--7-.JPG 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>And the museum was born!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\"\u00a0<em>When G\u00e9rard came forward, we went to his house to see what he had. <strong>We were staggered by the sheer quantity of items: it took three lorries to empty his garage! <\/strong><\/em>This was the first time the museum had been set up,\" recalls Daniel Derniame, a local councillor from Saint-Maximin who went on to become chairman of the Mus\u00e9e des Bombardments association. Everything was then placed in the two rooms in the basement of an 1883 building that had been used as a shelter during the war: the ordinary life of a soldier rubbing shoulders with the everyday life of a civilian. The rooms were opened to the public in December 2016. \"\u00a0<em>I exhibit <strong>aircraft fuel tanks that, as kids, we transformed into boats <\/strong>or the star-shaped metal pieces I had forged, which I didn't know were used to puncture the tyres of German vehicles<\/em>\u00a0\"G\u00e9rard Lequien, who used to catalogue aircraft debris in cut-off jerry cans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Volunteers provide tours of the Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep the museum running, the association relies on <strong>around thirty volunteers<\/strong>. The tour is divided into different areas, <strong>the Resistance, the Americans, the British, the Germans, Saint-Maximin and even the Great War of 14-18<\/strong> thanks to donations from individuals. \"\u00a0<em>We have submitted a request for a lift to enable people with reduced mobility to reach the basement, <\/em>confides Daniel Derniame. <em>This would be subsidised by the city and European funds. At the same time, we will be modifying the staging with a new presentation and more appropriate lighting.<\/em>\u00a0\"The aim is to attract a thousand visitors a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-8 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"698\" data-id=\"56283\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-1200x698.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56283\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-1200x698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-900x524.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-200x116.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-650x378.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838-387x225.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023-07-12-Saint-Maximin-Gerard-Lequien-musee-des-bombardements-IMG_5838.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fred Noury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"56241\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56241\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78-387x290.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-78.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creil Sud Oise Tourisme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"56236\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Mus\u00e9e bombardments oise guerre seconde mondiale grande guerre souvenir visite guid\u00e9e Saint-Maximin\" class=\"wp-image-56236\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8-387x290.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Musee_Bombardements-Saint_Maximin-Creil_Sud_Oise_Tourisme-8.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creil Sud Oise Tourisme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"55276\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55276\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--387x516.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpetourisme\/Musee-des-bombardements-Saint-Maximin-PHOTOS-c-OT-CSO--2--scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\"\u00a0<em><strong>I'm reassured that everything I've collected in my life will be made available to the public.<\/strong>, <\/em>concludes G\u00e9rard Lequien, whose joviality is matched only by his modesty. <em>An American once offered to buy all my parts, but I refused.<\/em>\u00a0\"Fortunately, this will enrich our collective memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-10 wp-block-columns\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-14 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Noury<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fredcom.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FredCom<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-single-sit wp-block-single-sit-coordonnees\" >\n\n            <h2>Access<\/h2>\n    \n    <div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__media wpet-map-detail\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%;\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__media__content\" id=\"wpetSingleSitMap\" data-wpet-type-map=\"leaflet\" ><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n                            <p class=\"wp-block-coordonnees__status wp-block-coordonnees__status--close\">\n                    Closed                <\/p>\n            \n            <p class=\"wp-block-media-text__content__address\">\n                                    <strong>Bombing Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n                \n                                    Quartier de l'Economat<br \/>\n                \n                                    <span>60740<\/span>\n                    <span>SAINT-MAXIMIN<\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                                                <p class=\"wp-block-media-text__content__phone\"><a data-type=\"TEL\" href=\"tel: 33 3 44 61 18 40\">+33 3 44 61 18 40<\/a><\/p>\n                            \n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.fr\/maps?saddr&#038;daddr=49.2177984,2.4527266\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button GtmButtonCalculItinerairePrestataire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calculate my route<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block wp-block-single-sit wp-block-single-sit-ouvertures\" id=\"opening\">\n\n                    <h2>Opening<\/h2>\n        \n        \t<div class=\"wpetTableList\" >\n                <div data-id=\"wpet-table-slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpetTableContainer\" >\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"wpetTable wpTable--opening\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<thead class=\"wpetTableHeader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom 01 January to 31 December\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Monday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Closed<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Tuesday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Closed<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Wednesday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Open from 2pm to 6pm<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Thursday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Closed<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Friday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Closed<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wpetTableLine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Saturday<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wpetTableCell\">Open from 2pm to 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