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

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Flying Tigers

— 23rd Fighter Group - 14th Air Force —

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Flying Yankees
WWII 1941-1945

Black Lightning
China 1944-1945

Dedicated to those who sacrificed
so much in the cause of freedom

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,

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next to this marker); 21st Bombardment Squadron (H) (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.

Also see . . .
1. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. Historical website (Submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. Remembering Shared Honor entry (Submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023

2. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Marker

Middle panel, bottom row, first from right.

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 6, 2021

3. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

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

P-51C Mustangs, 118th Tactical Recon Squadron; Suichwan 1944 image. Click for full size.

via Asisbiz, 1944

4. P-51C Mustangs, 118th Tactical Recon Squadron; Suichwan 1944

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

5. 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall

Marker is on the back (northeast) 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 534 times since then and 45 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 6, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on January 19, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 5. submitted on December 26, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.