A few yards into the woodline from the field.

A concrete block with the outline of an airplane formed into the top; an inscribed brass plaque lists the crew.  An information sign stands next to the monument.

The memorial remembers two crew members of B-17 (44-8004) of the 414th Bomber Squadron, 97th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force who were killed after the plane crashed landed on October 14, 1944.

B-17 (44-8004) piloted by 1st Lt. Victor J. Bieniek was part of a mission to from Amendola Airfield, Italy to Blechhammer Oil Refinery (in what is now Blachownia lska, Poland). After the mission the B-17 ran out of fuel and made a crash landing in an open field near the village of Prusinky; two of the crew (1LTs Raymond Winters & James Johnson) were killed during capture and the others became POWs. Missing Aircraft (MACR) Report 9592.

The crew included:

A memorial marks the crash site of B-17 (44-8004).  See site Napagedla, 1LTs Raymond Winters & James Johnson Memorial - B-17 (44-8004) for more on the two crew who were killed.

Source: Mapy.com; 15thaf.org

JAMES W. JOHNSON
RAYMOND W. WINTERS
14.10.1944
VICTOR J. BIENIEK
DAN R. SMITH
HOWARD E. OTT
HEROLD A. NEFE
WESLEY W. BANGS
EDWARD O. GRANT
ARTHUR W. SANDERS
WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE