United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
27th Air Transport Group
8th Air Force • 9th Air Force
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
1. 27th Air Transport Group Marker
86, 87, 320, 321st - Transport Squadrons
519th, 520th - Service Squadrons
Dedicated in honored memory to those
who served in the European Theatre
1942 — 1945
God bless their courage and sacrifice
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.
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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 (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 . . . 27th Air Transport Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023
2. 27th Air Transport Group Marker
Top row, third from right.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
3. 27th Air Transport Group Marker on Memorial Wall
via American Air Museum in Britain, unknown
4. A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) of the 27th Transport Group
The double yellow bar on the tail of the C-47 marked the aircraft as a member of air service command, while the insignia on the nose is that of 86th Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 918 times since then and 46 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 December 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on October 15, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
