On a rockface along the trailside.

An inscribed metal plaque attached to a rockface.

The memorial remembers the crew of B-24 (44-41011), 'Fast Number' of the 782nd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force that was shot down here on August 3, 1944. Five of the crew were KIA, the rest were taken as POWs.   This B-24 was one of eight shot down that day over the skies of Tyrol, Austria. Thirty crewmen were KIA and the rest taken POW of the eight crews.

The crew included: 

Pilot Myron R. Dodd 2nd Lt. 0-818511 POW
Co-Pilot Leonard (NMI) Matter 2nd Lt. 0-700618 POW Navigator /
Bombardier Richard F. McDonald 2nd Lt. 0-663636 POW
Engineer /Waist Gnr. William S. Hooper Jr. T/Sgt. 12121852 POW
Radio Op. /Waist Gnr. John (NMI) Kostick S/Sgt. 19095051 KIA
Nose Turret Gnr. Willis L. Prince S/Sgt. 15126216 KIA
Ball Turret Gnr. John W. Lamlet Sgt. 39463109 KIA
Upper Turret Gnr. William P. Campbell Sgt. 33733550 KIA
Tail Turret Gnr. Ernest R. Zamora S/Sgt. 37575814 DED

On 3 Aug. 1944, 2nd Lt. Myron R. Dodd and his crew took off from their base at Pantanella Airfield, Cerignola, Italy to join their forma- tion on a combat mission to bomb the Steel Plant at Friedrichshafen,
Germany. On the return flight from the target, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters. Lt. Dodd's aircraft was hit by 20mm fire from a Messerschmitt BF 109 G-6 fighter flown by an unknown pilot of JG 3. His navigator bailed out, then the plane exploded in mid-air, blowing the pilot, co-pilot and engineer out of it. All four (4) men were captured
and became POWs. Five (5) men were killed.

On August 3, 1944 planes of the 15th US Air Force were returning from a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen when engaged in heavy combat over the Tyrol with eight B-24 bombers being shot down in the area. 

A memorial located in Erhwald, Austria remembers all of the KIA that day. See Site Erwald, Tyrol Air Battle (Aug 1944) Monument.

Other plane crash sites include:  Sites Brendlkar & Lermoos also have memorials remembering crews.

Source: DERLA; 465th.org

Source of photos: https://gams.uni-graz.at/archive/objects/o:derla.tir11

Am 3. August 1944 wurden acht schwere Bomber der 15.
US-Luftwaffe, gestartet von der Airbase Pantanella, Süditalien, von Jägern der Deutschen Luftwaffe im Gebiet über dem Fernpaß abgeschossen. Einer dieser Bomber, ein
B-24 Liberator von der 465 Bombergruppe/782 Staffel zerschellte an der Westwand des Wampeter Schrofen" Von den insgesamt 79 Besatzungsmitgliedern dieser acht
US-Flugzeuge haben 30 junge Männer an diesem Tag ihr
Leben verloren.
Crew of the Wampeter Schrofen" crash Serial Nr. 44-41011
Die Besatzung des hier abgestürzten Flugzeugs bestand aus:

Pilot
2nd Lt. Myron R. DODD
POW / gefangen genommen

Co-Pilot
2"d Lt. Leonard W. MATTER
POW / gefangen genommen

Bombardier
1* Lt. Richard F. McDONALD
POW / gefangen genommen

Engineer
T/Sgt William S. HOOPER
POW / gefangen genommen

Radio-Op.
S/Sgt John KOSTICK
Killed in Action / gefallen

Gunner
S/Sgt. Willis L. PRINCE
Killed in Action / gefallen

Gunner
S/Sgt. John W. LEMLEY
Killed in Action / gefallen

Gunner
S/Sgt William R. CAMPELL
Killed in Action / gefallen

Gunner
S/Sgt. Ernest R. ZAMORA
Killed in Action / gefallen

IN COMMEMORATION
August 3d 1944 eight B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombers of the 15th USAAF, based at Pantanella in southern Italy, were shot down by fighters of the German Air Force over the area of the Fernpaß, one of which crashed on the rocky cliffs of the "Wampeter Schrofen". This B-24 was from the 465 Bomber Group, 782 Bomber Squadron. From these eight aircraft, crewed by 79 airmen, 30 lost their lives on this day,