PoH-Code: poh.12584
Boršt pri Kopru statue of a pilot and plaque
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Statue and memorial plaque were erected in honor of a surviving pilot, also thanks to the villagers of Boršta, who hid him and did not betray him to the German army.
The memorial consists of a tall metal column with two inscribed plaques and a sculpture of a paratrooper (M. Vidmar 1997). It is located near the place where on 30 January 1945, an American pilot landed from a parachute after jumping from a falling aircraft, and the villagers then hid him and helped him.
From here, the memory path begins towards the bunker located under the settlement of Hrpeljci. In this bunker, the command of the town of Koper operated until 8 February 1945.
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- Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#1833) (0e677995-f5da-49e6-9237-aa8f2d6fc0fe) — Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#1833)
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Textual location description
Iz vasi Truške proti vasi Boršt na levi strani ceste. Spominsko obeležje je postavljeno desno ob cesti Boršt - Zabavlje, na kraju, kjer se začenja pot spomina na srečno rešitev, ki je urejena do bližnjega kraja v spodnjem gozdu, med Vršičem in Borštom.
Coordinates (WGS84)45.48807° N, 13.81112° E