On the lower panel of the town war memorial.

An inscribed marble plaque attached to the front of a stone monument.

The memorial remembers two B-24 of the 484th Bomber Group: B-24 'Little Joe' (42-50934) of the 824th Bomber Squadron & B-24 (42-51835) of the 825th Bomber Squadron, B-24 (42-52025),  that were shot down near here on December 17, 1944. Eight of the crew perished with the aircraft while three were able to bail out and became POWs on the 'Little Joe' piloted by 1LT Charles A. Himmler; the entire crew of B-24 (42-51835) piloted by 1LT Roger A. Martin, Pilot, perished in the crash.

On December 17, 1944 both aircraft flying out of Torretta, Italy as part of the 49th Bomber Wing, 15th Air Force, on a raid to bomb the Odertal Oil Refinery in Germany (15th Air Force- Odental Mission).  The formation was attacked by enemy aircraft and many planes were shot down.  B-24 'Little Joe crashed about 5 kilometers from this location in Václavov while B-24 (42-52025) crashed in this town. Numerous B-24s from the 461st Bomber Group were also shot down that day.

.Missing Aircraft Reports {MACR} 10492 & 10679.

Crew of B-24 'Little Joe' included:
1LT Charles A. Himmler, Pilot, KIA
1LT John Ehnot Jr., Copilot, KIA
2LT Howard C. Long, Navigator, KIA
2LT Morris A. Daly Jr., Bombardier, KIA
S/SGT Doyle L. Kargel, Engineer/Waist Gunner, POW
S/SGT Walter F. Kendall, Radio Operator/Waist Gunner, POW
S/SGT Frank W. Carr, Nose Gunner, POW S/SGT George R. Lee,KIA

Top Turret Gunner, KIA S/SGT Elton D. Douglass, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
S/SGT Vezio Egizi, Tail Gunner, KIA
SGT David V. Uber, Photographer, KIA

Crew of B-24 (42-51835), all KIA ,included:
1LT Roger A. Martin, Pilot
2LT George O. Boomer Jr., Copilot
2LT Bernard Hirsch, Navigator
2LT Robert G. Sofio, Bombardier
T/SGT Clarence A. Sebelski, Engineer & Waist Gunner
T/SGT Griffith H. Fort, Radio Operator & Waist Gunner
S/SGT Albert R. White, Nose Gunner
S/SGT Bill M. Madsen, Top Turret Gunner
S/SGT Merle W. Harrington, Ball Turret Gunner
S/SGT Lonnie V. Dunham Jr., Tail Gunner
SGT Arlo M. Colbeck, Photographer

Other sites associated with this Odental mission and other crash memorials on December 17, 1944 in the Czech Republic:

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

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

In Slovakia: 
Site Trencianske-Teplice  Memorial: B-24 Tenmenbak (42-51324) Crash Memorial -461st Bomber Group

Sources: 

Vets.cz; https://461st.org; Find a Grave; 15th Air Force Association Website

The inscription on the marble is in Czech and reads (with translation):

NA VNOU PAM HRDINM, KTEÍ POLOILI SVÉ IVOTY V BOJI
PROTI BARBARSKÉMU FAISMU ZA VLAST A NAI SVOBODU

(IN ETERNAL MEMORY OF THE HEROES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST BARBARIC FASCISM FOR THE HOMELAND AND OUR FREEDOM)

NA VNOU PAM HRDINM, KTEÍ POLOILI SVÉ IVOTY V BOJI
PROTI BARBARSKÉMU FAISMU ZA VLAST A NAI SVOBODU

PÍSLUNÍCI VÍTZNÉ RUDÉ ARMÁDY PADLI 6.-8.5.1945 (Names)
 (MEMBERS OF THE VICTORIOUS RED ARMY WHO FELL MAY 68, 1945)

PÍSLUNÍCI ESKOSLOVENSKÉ VÝCHODNÍ ARMÁDY Z VOLYN (Names)
(MEMBERS OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK EASTERN ARMY FROM VOLHYNIA)

DOMÁCÍ ODBOJ (Names)
(DOMESTIC RESISTANCE)

AMERITÍ LETCI SESTELENÍ 17.12.1944
NAD LIBINOU (AMERICAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN ON DECEMBER 17, 1944 OVER LIBINA)
1/LT. ROGER A MARTIN
2/LT. GEORGE O. BOOMER JR.
2/LT. BERNARD HIRSCH
2/LT. ROBERT G. SOFIO
T/SGT. GRIFFITH H. FORT
T/SGT. CLARENCE A. SEBELSKI
S/SGT. ALBERT R. WHITE
S/SGT. LONNIE V. DUNHAM JR.
S/SGT. MERLE W. HARRINGTON
S/SGT. BILL M. MADSEN
SGT. ARLO M. COLBECK

U VÁCLAVOVA(Over Václavov)
1/LT. CHARLES A HIMMLER
1/LT. JOHN EHNOT JR.
2/LT. HOWARD C. LONG
2/LT. MORRIS A DALY JR.
S/SGT. ELTON D. DOUGLAS
S/SGT. GEORGE R. LEE
S/SGT. VEZIO EGEZI
SGT. DAVID V UBER