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Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A.

 
 
British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012
1. British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A. Marker
Inscription.

In 1941, before Pearl Harbour, President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed with Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, to provide flight training for British and Commonwealth pilots in the U.S.A. by the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Over 4,000 pilots were trained, some of them at this airfield, and many of them lost their lives in air operations against our common enemies.

This plaque is placed in remembrance by those who by the grace of God survived.

September 1996
 
Erected 1996 by The RAF Arnoldians.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceEducationPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1996.
 
Location. 32° 22.922′ N, 86° 20.72′ W. Marker is in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in Montgomery County. Memorial is on Twining Street north of Ash Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in the Maxwell Air Park, along the path between the B-25 and Wright Brothers Memorial. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montgomery AL 36112, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. North American B-25 Mitchell (within shouting distance of this marker); Former POWs And Those MIA
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery Chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War (within shouting distance of this marker); William R. Lawley, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Air University / Maxwell Air Force Base (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General James Harrison Wilson, USV (within shouting distance of this marker); Monument to Powered Flight (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); North American F-86A "Sabre" (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maxwell Air Force Base.
 
Also see . . .  The British Flying Training Schools in the U.S.A. 1941-1944. BBC Home website entry (Submitted on April 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 
 
British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012
2. British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A. Marker
Looking north toward the Wright Brothers Memorial
"M" coded AT-6 based at Maxwell Field, AL image. Click for more information.
via USAAF Training Aircraft Fuselage Codes of WWII, unknown
3. "M" coded AT-6 based at Maxwell Field, AL
USAAF Training Aircraft Fuselage Codes of WWII website entry
(Submitted on April 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Click for more information.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 750 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   3. submitted on June 23, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.

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