Next to the POW Memorial.

Monument

A granite inscribed monument with one panels about five feet high.

From the Fukuoka POW Camp 2 Facebook page:

The memorial remembers B-29 (44-61666) of the 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, 20th Air Force that crashed on Mount Sashiki on September 4, 1945 while carrying out a humanitarian supply mission over Nagasaki.

The previous day it had dropped loads of K-rations on the shores of Koyagi-Jima and on the camp itself. Some drums had to be recovered from the sea. These POW supply missions started only a week earlier as 'Operation Blacklist'. The airplane departed from Saipan US Airbase around 03:30 AM. One of the pilots wrote a note to a friend during this flight, which was tragically going to be his last:

"... not carrying a bomb load this time but merely supply rations for a pow camp just south of Nagasaki. Those poor boys endured harsh times. Although war is over now our flying missions remain dangerous because of mountain tops, fog, clouds etc."

"... imagine how happy those boys will be receiving tens of thousands pounds of supply rations, food, clothing, medicine.... imagine the look on their faces when seeing a huge bomber flying over so low. You can tell that they have been down there way too long. They may not have a clue that we are flying a B-29...."

Only one crew member, Glen M. Holm, survived the crash. Eight crew members and five passengers were instantly killed. A rescue mission started immediately by Military Police and four allied officers from Fukuoka 2 camp. The Japanese camp commander, Nosaki, was also part of the group. The climb to the top of Sashiki was hot, slippery and exhausting. The rescue team found Holm alive and collected the tags and IDs of the remaining crew. Holm was taken to the Military Hospital in Nagasaki. When gaining conciousness he was confused, thinking he was still in Saipan. He did not know about the loss of his fellow crew members. Glen Holm died in 2011 at age 89. May they all rest in peace...

A memorial for this B-29 crew was erected at the site of the former POW camp Fukuoka 2 along with a memorial for all pows who suffered in this camp and at the Kawanami docks for three long years.

The inscription is in Japanese and English.  The English reads: