At the base of the town World War 1 War Memorial.

An engraved marble plaque.

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 cenotaph 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.

The text on the plaque is written in Slovak. The translation is:

IN THIS CEMETERY
SGT ANDREW A. SOLOCK WAS BURIED
-REAR GUNNER OF AMERICAN B-24D LIBERATOR "ROUGH COOB" C.313 **
WHO DIED 29.8.1944
IN AIRCRAFT CRASH
IN THE MOUNTAINS
AREA ANTONSTAL
IN SLOVAKIA

(Bottom portion not readable)

** Note:  "Rough Cobb"