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

16th Fighter Squadron

51st Fighter Group • 23rd Fighter Group

— China Air Task Force • 14th U.S. Air Force —

16th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 16th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated
to the men of the
16th Fighter Squadron

The Great Wall in the Air
1942 — 1945

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 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: 11th Air Force (here, next to this marker); 21st Bombardment Squadron (H)

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(here, next to this marker); 11^th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 344th 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). 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.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023

2. 16th Fighter Squadron Marker

Left panel, top row, second from left.

16th Fighter Squadron image. Click for more information.

via CBI History, unknown

3. 16th Fighter Squadron

CBI History entry
(Submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Click for more information.

16th Weapons Squadron (ACC) - current incarnation image. Click for full size.

via AFHRA, unknown

4. 16th Weapons Squadron (ACC) - current incarnation

Air Force Historical Research Agency website entry

P-40Es of 16th Fighter Squadron, 23rd FG; Kweilin China, October 1942 image. Click for full size.

via Asisbiz, 1942

5. P-40Es of 16th Fighter Squadron, 23rd FG; Kweilin China, October 1942

16th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

6. 16th Fighter 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 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 328 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on September 10, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on June 7, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on July 31, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 5. submitted on January 21, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 6. submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.