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

460th Bombardment Group (H)

Hq • 760th • 761st • 762nd • 763rd Sqdns and Support Units

— 15th Air Force —

460th Bombardment Group (H) Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 460th Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Inscription.

Spinazzola, Italy 1944 - 1945

"NOT IN VAIN"
may be the pride of those
who survived
and the epitaph of those
who fell.
..Winston Churchill

Dedicated 25 September 1992

Erected 1992 by 460th Bomb Group Association.

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.

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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); 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. 460th Bombardment Group (H) Association. (Submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 460th Bombardment Group. (Submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 460th Bombardment Group. (Submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. 460th Bomb Group. (Submitted on December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 3, 2023

2. 460th Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Center panel, bottom row, 1st from right

460th Bombardment Group (H) Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

3. 460th Bombardment Group (H) 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 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 28 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 December 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.