ICI FUT REÇU
LE 24 AOÛT 1944
D’UN AVION LÉGER
DE LA 2E DIVISION BLINDÉE
LE MESSAGE DU GÉNÉRAL LECLERC
AUX PARISIENS COMBATTANTS :
"TENEZ BON, NOUS ARRIVONS"
LANCÉ PAR LE CAPITAINE JEAN CALLET
ET PAR
LE LIEUTENANT ÉTIENNE MANTOUX
MORT AU CHAMP D’HONNEUR

[The emblem of Paris]

On August 24, the forces of General Philippe Leclerc advanced towards Paris in order to liberate it.
Leclerc learned that Paris police chief Charles Luizet wanted to speak with him.
Leclerc sent him a message "Hold on, we’re coming." The message was dropped from a light plane (Piper) by two pilots Callet and Mantoux. The message was dropped in this place, in front of the police headquarters.

The house was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
HERE WAS RECEIVED
AUGUST 24, 1944
OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT
OF THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION
THE MESSAGE FROM GENERAL LECLERC
TO THE FIGHTING PARISIANS:
"HOLD ON, WE’RE COMING”
LAUNCHED BY CAPTAIN JEAN CALLET
AND BY
LIEUTENANT ÉTIENNE MANTOUX
DEATH ON THE FIELD OF HONOR