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

33rd Fighter Control Squadron

Southwest Pacific Area 1943-44-45

— 5th Air Force —

33rd Fighter Control Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020

1. 33rd Fighter Control Squadron Marker

Inscription.

New Britain • New Guinea • Philippines

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

Location. 39° 0.96′ N, 104° 51.299′ W. Memorial is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. It can be reached from Cemetery Road. 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: 5th Air Force Memorial (here, next to this marker); 345th Bombardment Group (M) (here, next to this marker); 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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(here, next to this marker); Forty Third Bomb Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 38th Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); 69th Fighter/Fighter-Bomber/Tactical Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 90th Bomb Group (H) B-24 (Jolly Rogers) (here, next to this marker); 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (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 . . . "Book captures photographer's WWII experiences". (The Baltimore Sun, article, 2002 (Submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023

2. 33rd Fighter Control Squadron Marker

Bottom row, 5th from right.

"Radar Contact!" image. Click for more information.

via Air University Press, unknown

3. "Radar Contact!"

Air University Press PDF
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33rd Fighter Control Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020

4. 33rd Fighter Control Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall

Marker is on the back (west) side of this Memorial Wall, not pictured

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 390 times since then and 97 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on September 10, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on July 27, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.