Along the fencline in the parking area.

A white inscribed marble plaque.

The plaque remembers the B-24 'Ready, Willing, Able' (42-72768), piloted by 1LT Ralph S. Jackson, of the 512th Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, 15th US Air Force, which was shot down and crashed at this location on December 28th, 1943. 

On December 28th, 1943, more than 70 Axis fighters engaged and shot down 10 Fifteenth Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers from the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group (HBG) over the skies of Northern Italy.

The 376th Bomber Group, based in San Pancrazio, 'San Pan', in the heel of Italy, was tasked with destroying the railroad marshaling yards in Vicenza. 17 B-24 aircraft were on the mission; all six aircraft from 512th Squadron, and two aircraft each from the 514th and 515th Squadrons were lost. Missing Aircraft Report (MACR): 1614

The crew of B-24 'Ready, Willing, Able' (42-72768) included:

PILOT 1LT Ralph S. Jackson -POW

CO-PILOT 2LT John A. Crosby -POW

NAVIGATOR 2LT Ernest A. Clark -POW

BOMBARDIER 1LT Denton R. McAfee -POW

ENGINEER T/Sgt. Charles L. Berg -KIA

RADIO OPERATOR T/Sgt. William H. Linton -KIA

WAIST GUNNER S/Sgt. Maurice Schulman -KIA

WAIST GUNNER S/Sgt Albert F. Everman -POW

BALL TURRET S/Sgt. Wilton W. Hamilton -KIA

TAIL GUNNER S/Sgt. Robert G. Duffy-KIA

Part of this aircraft was used to build a nearby hunting cabin.

Another marker remembers another B-24 of the 512th Bomber Squadron that was shot down during this mission: B-24 (42-40658) aka 'Old Sarge' that crashed near Zovon di Vo.  See Site Zovon di Vo for more on that aircraft and crew.

Source: https://www.setaf-africa.army.mil/article/31146/strangers-in-a-strange-land-80th-anniversary-of-aerial-battle-in-northern-italy