United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

462nd Bomb Group (VH)

Hellbirds • With Malice Toward Some

— 20th Air Force —

462nd Bomb Group (VH) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020

1. 462nd Bomb Group (VH) Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated To All Who Served

1944
Piardoba, India • Kiunglai, China

1945
West Field, Tinian Island
Marianas

The leadership of Colonels Richard H. Carmichael and
Alfred F. Kalberer inspired more from us than
we knew we had

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 39° 0.926′ N, 104° 51.31′ W. Memorial is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. It can be reached from Parade Loop. Marker is in the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, on Parade Loop west of Stadium Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: USAF Academy CO 80840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Front Range

and in Pikes Peak Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 20^th Air Force (here, next to this marker); 18th Fighter Group • 318th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Seventh Fighter Command (here, next to this marker); 499th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 497th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); 414th Fighter Group • 506th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 15th Fighter Group • 21st Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 500th Bombardment Group (VH) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in United States Air Force Academy.

More about this memorial. Must have a valid ID to enter the USAF Academy grounds.

Also see . . .
1. 462nd Bomb Group. (Submitted on November 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 462nd Bombardment Group. (Submitted on November 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

462nd Bomb Group (VH) Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2020

2. 462nd Bomb Group (VH) Marker on Memorial Wall

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.