Monte Freidour is a mountain in the

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, north-western

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. It has an elevation of 1.451 m, with a secondary summit at , and is composed of

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cliffs overlooking the town of Cumiana.

History

At the top of the mountain is a monument celebrating the 8 members of the crew (F/Sgt. C.W. Lawton (Australian), Sgt.s T.D. Fotheringham, E.H.A. Clift, G. Tennison, D.W. Bishop, D.R. Wellon, S.E. Lockton and J. Bucks) of a British Liberator bomber that crashed there on 14 October 1944, during a mission in support of Italian partisans.

Access to the summit

The peak can also be reached from Talucco, a ''

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'' of

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, and from Cantalupa or

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. The

Monte Tre Denti Monte Tre Denti (Italian: ''Mount Three Teeth'') is peak in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It has an elevation of and is located between the comuni A (; : , ) is an administrative division ...

is located nearby. The summit can also be reache bu

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