Just off the road adjacent to a fence.

A metal plaque attached to a field stone.

The memorial remembers the B-24 (42-50961), the Miner Crew of the 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group which was shot down on September 27, 1944 during the Kassel Mission.

The single largest Bomb Group loss in World War Two occurred on 27 September 1944, during the infamous Kassel Mission Raid. The lead-ship of the 445th Bombardment Group made a navigational error over the Initial Point (I.P.) decided in attacking an alternate target. As a result  the 445th BG 31 of their 35 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers. 25 Liberators would crash in Germany, two in occupied territory in France, one in Belgium and one in England. Only four Liberators made it back to their home station in Tibenham.  117 US aviators plus a fighter pilot, who tried to assist the bombers, lost their lives that day. 121 men became Prisoners of War.  Some 12 men were killed after landing safely. T he Germans lost 18 pilots killed and 29 aircraft.

The Miner crew in B-24J, 42-50961, was flying the lead-ship of the 702nd Bombardment Squadron. On that day they had two extra crew members, giving them a total of 12 men.

German reports state that 10 crew members bailed out and two men died, before the bomber crashed in Grebenau, Germany. . It is most likely that both Co-Pilot 1LT Chima and Radio-Operator SSG Gilfoil were killed in action possibly at the hands of their captors.

Of the 10 B-24s from the 702nd BS, only one would make it back to Allied territory where she crash landed at Tibenham. 

The crew consisted of:
Pilot: 1LT Reginald R. Miner
Co-Pilot: 1LT Virgil Chima
Navigator: 1LT Francis J. Bertram
Bombardier: 1LT John V. Omick
Radar Operator: 2LT Branch H. Henard Jr.
Nose-Turret Gunner: 2LT Charles W. Jackson
Top-Turret Gunner: TSGT Robert M. Ault
Radio Operator: SSG Joseph H. Gilfoil
Waist Gunner: SSG Mertis C. Thornton Jr.
Waist Gunner: SSG Lawrence S. Bowers
Waist Gunner: SSG Arthur W. Lamberson
Tail Gunner: SSG Alvis O. Kitchens

The memorial was dedicated in 2025.

A nearby memorial remembers all of the fallen during this Kassel Mission.  See site Ludwigsau Kassel Mission Airmen's Memorial to discover the three monuments remembering this mission.

Source of Info and photos: https://www.kasselmission.org

https://heroes-wings.com

Am 27. September 1944 stürzte hier in Grebenau die B-24J Liberator, SN: 42-50961 ab. Alle Zwölf Besatzungsmitglieder konnten sich mit dem Fallschirm retten,
leider überlebten nur Zehn den Absprung und gingen in Kriegsgefangenschaft.

On 27 September 1944, B-24J Liberator, SN: 42-50961 crashed here in Grebenau.
All 12 crewmembers managed to bailout of the stricken bomber.
Sadly only 10 of the crew survived to become prisoners of war.

Pilot: 1LT Reginald R. Miner
Co-Pilot: 1LT Virgil Chima
Navigator: 1LT Francis J. Bertram
Bombardier: 1LT John V. Omick
Radar Ops: 2LT Branch H. Henard Jr.
NTG: 2LT Charles W. Jackson
TTG: TSGT Robert M. Ault
Radio Ops: SSG Joseph H. Gilfoil
WG: SSG Mertis C. Thornton Jr.
WG: SSG Lawrence S. Bowers
WG: SSG Arthur W. Lamberson
TG: SSG Alvis O. Kitchens

Dieses Denkmal gedenkt allen die an diesem 27. September 1944 ihr Leben ließen.
This memorial is dedicated to all those who lost their lives on this, the 27th September 1944.

http://www.kasselmission.org