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

27th Troop Carrier Squadron

China-Burma-India

— 1942 - 1945 —

27th Troop Carrier Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 27th Troop Carrier Squadron Marker

Inscription.

In memory of
those who served

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.

Other nearby markers. At 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

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(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. 907th Air Refueling Squadron. Wikipedia entry on the squadron's current iteration. (Submitted on June 4, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. 27th Troop Carrier Squadron Photos. Remembering Shared Honor website entry (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. Joseph E. Murray, 27th TCS. Library of Congress Veterans History Project (Submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

27th Troop Carrier Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

2. 27th Troop Carrier Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.