On the wooded trail about 150 meters from the road.

A wooden cross with two inscribed plaques and an information sign.

The memorial remembers the crew of the B-17 (42-32097) 'Slipstream' of the 347th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force that was shot down and crashed near this location (See site Bystrovany - Bystrice River (West) for the crash marker). On December 18, 1944 the 15th Air Force targeted for the second day in a row the Odental Refineries. Planes of the 99th Bomber Group flew from the Tortella Air Base in Italy to the target.  After the mission B-17 (42-32097) 'Slipstream' piloted by 2LT Sherwood Porter was shot down; three of the crew were taken as POWs; 7 were killed in action. The crew included:

Several planes from the December 17 mission were shot down and memorials are located to them at other locations:

Site Olomouc-Neredin, Memorial: B-24 (42-52025) 'Arsenic and Lace Crash Memorial -461th Bomber Group

Site Palacov Memorial: B-24 (42-50953) "The Flying Finger" Crash Memorial -461st Bomber Group.

Site Troubky Hbitov (Cemetery) Memorial: B-24 (44-41046) Crash Memorial -461st Bomber Group
 

The text on the memorial is written in Czech.  The text reads:

Upper:

LOVE CHRA TENTO KÍ
I PAMÁTKU PADLÝCH LETC.
NESMÍME ZAPOMENOUT!

Lower:

DNE 18.12.1944 POBLÍ TOHOTO KÍE ZAHYNULO SEDM AMERICKÝCH LETC PI PÁDU BOMBARDÉRU BOEING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS NAPADENÉHO NMECKÝMI STÍHAI. SVAZ BOMBARDÉR SMOVAL ZE ZÁKLADNY V ITÁLII DO OBLASTI HORNÍHO SLEZSKA S CÍLEM ZNIIT TOVÁRNY NA VÝROBU SYNTETICKÉHO BENZINU.
SESTELENÝ LETOUN BYL SOUÁSTÍ 99 BOMBING GROUP 347 SQUADRONS A JEHO KAPITÁNEM BYL 2/LT SHERWOOD P. RUSTER. PI VZDUNÉM SOUBOJI SESTELILI PALUBNÍ STELCI A STÍHAI TI NMECKÉ STÍHAKY FOCKE-WULF 190 A8. LO O JEDNU Z VELKÝCH LETECKÝCH BITEV NAD OLOMOUCÍ.
TITO LETCI BOJOVALI A PADLI TAKÉ ZA NAI SVOBODU.
EST JEJICH PAMÁTCE.

Translation:

PEOPLE, PROTECT THIS CROSS
AND THE MEMORIAL OF THE FALLEN AIRMEN.
WE MUST NOT FORGET!

ON 18.12.1944, SEVEN AMERICAN AIRMEN DIED NEAR THIS CROSS WHEN A BOEING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER CAME DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER GROUP WAS HEADING FROM A BASE IN ITALY TO THE UPPER SILESIA AREA WITH THE AIM OF DESTROYING SYNTHETIC GASOLINE FACTORIES.
THE SHOT-DOWN PLANE WAS PART OF 99 BOMBER GROUP 347 SQUADRON AND ITS CAPTAIN WAS 2/LT SHERWOOD P. RUSTER. DURING AN AIR COMBAT, THE DECK GUNNERS AND FIGHTERS SHOT THREE GERMAN FOCKE-WULF 190 A8 FIGHTERS. IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT AIR BATTLES OVER OLOMOUC.
THESE AIRCRAFT FIGHTED AND FELL FOR OUR FREEDOM.
HONOR TO THEIR MEMORY.