In the town cemetery adjacent to other memorials.

A white concrete rectangular upright wall with an inscribed panel attached to the front.

The memorial remembers the crew of the B-17 (44-4656) of the 32nd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group that was shot down near here on February 12, 1945 after a mission to Wiener Neustadt, Austria.  Eight of the crew were taken as POWs; two were KIA.

Memorial was dedicated in July 2025.

The text is written in Hungarian and English.  The English reads:

On February 13th of 1945 a B-17G bomber

went down in the boundary of  Zalaszanto.

The bomber with the serial number 44-6546

was assigned of he 32nd Bomber Squadron 

of the 301st Bomber Group (H) of the 

15th Air Force. During the raid against 

Wiener Neustadt the anti-aircraft fire hit tke

left wing and was unable to return to base due

to the damage of the hit and crashed into a hillside

in Derekhegy. Eight of the crew survivied and they

 became Prisoners of War. Two members of the crew were killed.

Merrill E. Barnes, 1LT Pilot

Lawrence A. Ward, 2LT Co-Pilot

Robert E. Edelen, F/O Navigator

Dale H. Harper, S/SGT Engineer/Turret Gunner

David W. Whitcombe, Tech SGT, Radio Operator

Edward S. Olie, S/SGT, Ball Turret

Athanasius P. Thomas, S/SGT Waist Gunner

Gael W. Elmer, S/SGT Tail Gunner

Sanford E. Losh, S/SGT Waist Gunner +

Deveroux W. Bowman, S/SGT Bombadier +

In honor of the 80th Anniversary

and the friendship between the United States and Hungary

Dedicated in 2025.