United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
75th Fighter Squadron
23rd Fighter Group
| | China Air Task Force 14th U.S. Air Force | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
1. 75th Fighter Squadron Marker
to the men of the
75th Fighter Squadron
The Flying Tiger-Sharks
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 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 Comancherνa.
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) (here, next to this marker); 11th 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.
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Also see . . . "World War II Fighter Pilot to Take to the Skies". The Independent article; Dec 5, 2019 (Submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023
2. 75th Fighter Squadron Marker
Left panel, bottom row, 1st from left
via The Independent, unknown
3. 75th Fighter Squadron
"Pilots of the 23rd Fighter Group's 75th Fighter Squadron are seen with one of the Squadron's Curtiss P-40K Warhawk fighters at Kunming's Wujiaba Airfield in China in World War II."
via Official United States Air Force Website, 2014
4. Moody AFB celebrates history of Flying Tigers
Don Miller, left, and Frank Epperson, seated, reminisce about their times as members of the 75th Fighter Squadron during World War II during a reunion Nov. 14, 2014, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Their unit, the 75th FS, is currently located at Moody AFB and has linage to the historic Flying Tigers.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Andrea Jenkins)
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(U.S. Air Force photo/Andrea Jenkins)
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
5. 75th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall
Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on September 10, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on March 9, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on June 19, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 5. submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
