Memorial Plaque for the Crash of a US Fighter Aircraft on November 16, 1944

As part of the project "Loferer Geschichten" realized by Christine and Walter Schweinöster, the memorial plaque was erected in memory of the airplane crash and the death of the US soldier Harvey D. Wright. On November 16, 1944, a total of 24 aircraft from the 465th Bombardment Group of the 15th US Army set out on a mission to bomb a munitions factory in Munich. During these bombings, one aircraft was hit by a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft gun; a motor failed, causing the bomber to gradually lose altitude. Of the nine crew members, eight managed to escape using their parachutes. The pilot of the aircraft, Harvey D. Wright, also jumped from the crashing plane, but his parachute did not open. The remaining crew members were captured by the Wehrmacht on the same day and transferred to the hessian transit camp Luft (DULAG Luft); no records have been found so far regarding their further fate.