NUNGESSER AND COLI MONUMENT
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Monument erected on the cliff of Amont in memory of Nungesser and Coli.
On 8 May 1927, two brave aviators who tried to cross the North Atlantic non-stop in their biplane called "L’Oiseau blanc" flew over the cliffs of Étretat. This is the last time we see the plane carrying Charles Nungesser and François Coli. A few weeks after the attempt of our unfortunate French pilots, it was finally the American Charles Lindbergh who crossed the Atlantic, from New York to Le Bourget aerodrome at the controls of the "Spirit of Saint-Louis". However, recent research by Bernard Décré suggests that Nungesser and Coli were stranded at sea not far from the American coast. In 1928, a monument was erected on the cliff of Amont in their memory. Destroyed in 1944, it was replaced in 1962 by a 24-metre high concrete spire, inclined at 60° and pointed towards the sky.
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