Just off the road on the edge of the woods.

The memorial includes pieces of the aircraft and an inscribed marble plaque; a cross stands next to the memorial.

The memorial remembers the B-24 Crew of “Tenmenbak” (42-51324) which crashed near this site on December 17, 1944.  Nine of the crew survived, one, Roland “Rollie” Morin died in the crash.  “Tenmenbak” or “Ten Men Back” was a B-24 of the 764^th Bomber Squadron, 461^st Bomber Group (Heavy), 15^th Air Force based out of Torretta Airfield, Italy.  On December 17, 1944 “Tenmenbak” was part of a mission to bomb oil refineries in Odental, Germany.  “Tenmenbak” had mechanical problems with an engine after the bombing run, dropped out of formation and was attacked by fighters. The plane crashed in present day Slovakia near Trenčianske Teplice.  One crewmember was killed; 8 became POWs and one evaded capture with the assistance of partisans.  Reference Missing Aircraft Report {MACR} 10683.

The crew of “Tenmenbak” included:

2LT Kenneth B. Smith, Pilot (POW- Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12)

2LT Chester H. Rudel, Co-Pilot (POW- Hospital)

2LT Frank V. Hokr, Navigator (POW- Stalag 1)

2LT Harry D. Edminton, Bombadier, (POW - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow {moved to 

            Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust, then to Usedom Bei Savenmunde 54-16})

CPL Charles F. Foss, Right Waist Gunner, (POW)

CPL Homer E. Hymbaugh, Left Waist Gunner, (POW- Stalag Luft 1)

CPL Roland W. Morin, Ball Turret Gunner, (Killed in Crash)

CPL Robert T. Trumpy, Top Turret Gunner, (POW Stalag 7A)

S/SGT Urbain H. Granger, Tail Gunner, (POW- Stalag 1)

CPL Edwin A. Burkhardt, Nose Gunner (Escaped Capture with assistance 

            of Partisans)

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

NA TOMTO MIESTE

SA PO VZDUŠNOM SÚBOJI

17.DECEMBRA 1944

ZRÚTILO AMERICKÉ ŠTVORMOTOROVÉ

BOMBARDOVACIE LIETADLO

CONSOLIDATED B 24J-5-DT LIBERATOR

V JEHO TROSKÁCH ZAHYNUL

CORPORAL ROLAND W. MORIN

The translation:

AT THIS PLACE

AFTER AIR COMBAT

DECEMBER 17, 1944

AMERICAN FOUR-ENGINE

BOMBER AIRCRAFT

CONSOLIDATED B 24J-5-DT LIBERATOR

CRASHED

DYING IN THE CRASH 

CORPORAL ROLAND W. MORIN