In the vicinity of the Szigligeti chapel.

A stone monument carrying two marble plaques, engraved in Hungarian and English, and with the US Army seal.  Commemorates the five crew members of a B24 (42-51160) of the 760th Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, shot down here on 30 June 44.  

The aircraft was based at Spinazzola Airfield, Foggia, Italy. It was shot down on 30 Jun. 1944 by gunfire from a German Messerschmitt Me 410A and crashed near Lake Balaton, Hungary, while on a Mission to the South Synthetic Oil Refinery at Blechhammer, Germany. The Me 410A was flown by an unknown pilot of ZG 76/2. Five (5) crew members were killed, five (5) crew bailed out and were captured and became POWs. They were released in 1945.
MACR 6396.

NORTHWEST OF THIS PLACE, 315 DEGREES, 555 YARDS, AND AME-

RICAN B24H BOMBER HIT THE GROUND ON JUNE 30TH 1944.

SERIAL NO 42-51160, 760TH BOMB SQUADRON, 460TH BOMB GROUP,

15TH AAF.  FIVE OF THE CREW WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH.

2LT ROBERT G. EVANS, PILOT

CHEYENNE, WYMONING

11/14/1918

S/SGT HORACE G. BARKSDALE, GUNNER

TRENTON, TENNESSEE

6/28/1914

T/SGT CECIL R. BOLES, ENGINEER

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA

8/13/1921

T/SGT GUY MARSH, JR, RADIO OPERATOR

BREWER, MAINE

2/25/1920

S/SGT WALTER W. ROWE, GUNNER

RAVENA, NEW YORK

5/27/1923

THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE, THEIR NAMES LIVE FOREVER.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS INAUGURATED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD 2000

IN THE YEAR OF MILLENIUM, ON THE OCCAISSION OF THE 55TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 

At the plaque below:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF COUNTY VESZPREM

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CHURCH OF SZIGLIGET

GRAVES ADMINISTRATION BRANCH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

HUNGARIAN AIR FORCE STAFF

VESZPREM ORGANIZATION OF ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY

FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

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