Just off a path leading near the Partisan Hospital (Partizanska bolnica Bela) museum trail; follow signs for Grob Pilota.

A brass inscribed plaque attached to a large boulder.

The plaque marks the spot where 2LT Otto Hinds (353rd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group) was buried after he died from wounds suffered after parachuting out his crippled B-17 (42-97580), known locally as “Liberty Bell”in July 1944.  According to reports, 2LT Hinds, the plane Co-Pilot, keep the plane under control after being hit allowing most of the crew to bail out. After the crew bailed out Hinds attempted to depart but his chute only partially opened.  He broke his back upon landing and local Partisans took him to a Partisan Hospital “Bella” (Partizanska bolnica Bela).  Despite the efforts of the doctors, Hinds died and the Partisans buried him with honors nearby. 

A plaque located at the nearby hospital site also remembers Hinds.  The entire crew of the B-17 is remembered at nearby Site Žaga, B-17 42-97580 (Liberty Bell) Crash Site Memorial.

The text on the plaque is written in Slovenian and reads:

TU JE BIL 21 JULIJA 1944 POKOPAN

OTTO HINDS

ZAVEZINSKI PILOT AMERICAN

KI JE UMRL V PARTISANSKI

BOLNICE BELA

ZB Kamn Bistrica – Godic 11.V. 1988

Translation:

BURIED HERE JULY 21, 1944

OTTO HINDS

ALLIED AMERICAN PILOT

WHO DIED IN THE

PARTISAN HOSPITAL “BELA”

Association of War Veterans Kamnik Area. May 11, 1988