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

27th Fighter Squadron

1st Fighter Group

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

1. 27th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription.

In Memory
of those who have gone before us

AEF 1917-18
"Spad"

ETO 1942-45
"P-38"

Erected by 27th Fighter Squadron Historical Association.

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

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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 . . . 27th Fighter Squadron. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 7, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

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

2. 27th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall

27th Fighter Squadron image. Click for full size.

via Wikipedia, 1918

3. 27th Fighter Squadron

WWI ace Lt. Frank Luke Jr. with his SPAD XIII at Rembercourt Airdrome, France, on 19 September 1918

27th Fighter Squadron image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 17, 2021

4. 27th Fighter Squadron

Joint Base Langley-Eustis website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 7, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3, 4. submitted on May 17, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.