S/SGT Andrew Solock Cenotaph- 454th Bomber Group
Details:
Against the fenceline in the cemetery.
CenotaphA wooden cross with an engraved metal nameplate.
The memorial remembers Staff Sergeant Andrew A. Solock, Ball Turret Gunner on the B-24 (42-52313) 'Rough Cobb' of the 737th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group, 15th US Air Force flying out of San Giovanni, Italy was killed in action on August 29, 1944, during Mission 263 in the "Air Battle over the White Carpathian Mountains".
S/SGT Solock was temporarily buried in this cemetery after his plane crashed nearby (See Site: Nemsova - Chateau Antonstal, Memorial: B-24 'Rough Cobb' (42-52313) Crash Memorial-Mission 263 for more on this aircraft). A memorial in this cemetery also remembers S/SGT Solock.
S/SGT Solock was repatriated in 1946 and is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St. Avold, France (Plot E, Row 29, Row 4).
Search "Mission 263" for memorials and cenotaphs associated with this event on our website.
For more information, see the Air Battle over the White Carpathian website at: www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz
Special thanks to Mission 263 - Aug 29, 1944 / Letecká bitva 29.8.1944 Facebook page & group for remembering this battle and for the several memorials that remember this mission.
Monument Text:
S/SGT Andrew Solock
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
454th Bomber Group (H)
737th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group
Wars:
WWII
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