Crash site of B-17 bomber and names of seven Americans who perished

B-17 aircraft number 44-8015 was on its 4th mission flying from Deopham Green Airfield, England over Germany. Although the aircraft had been "patched up" after being hit with Flak on an earlier mission and was considered unfit to fly the crew decided to participate in the mission anyway. Three minutes from its target in Ulm and while in a descend the bomber encountered the "prop wash" of the aircraft in front and broke apart in the middle resulting in the death of seven of its crew. Three crew members parachuted to safety. Although the monument was the idea of the town of Pfaffenhofen, it has now become William Nelson Post GR09's responsibility for maintaining it.