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

344th Fighter Squadron

10 October 42 • 15 August 46

— 11th Air Force —

344th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 344th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription. To honor those who served, fought and
died while attached to the 344th
during the Aleutian Campaign,
World War II

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

Location. 39° 0.978′ N, 104° 51.3′ 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 Colorado’s 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: 11th Air Force (here, next

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to this marker); 21st Bombardment Squadron (H) (here, next to this marker); 11^th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 73rd Bomb Squadron (M) (here, next to this marker); 10th Emergency Rescue Boat Squadron (here, next to this marker); 18th Pursuit and Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 54th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 507th Fighter Group (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 . . . 343rd Fighter Group (USAAF). History of War website entry (Submitted on December 24, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

344th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

2. 344th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall

P-40s of 344th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group image. Click for more information.

via World War Photos, unknown

3. P-40s of 344th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group

Veterans History Project: Robert Lewis Brocklehurst (344 FS pilot) Interview
Click for more information.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 760 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 24, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on June 18, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.