United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
33rd Fighter Group
W.W. II Nomads
— HQ, 58th, 59th, 60th, & Joker Squadrons —
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
1. 33rd Fighter Group Marker
in service to our country during World War II
Africa, Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy,
India, China and Burma
Fire from the Clouds
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.
Location. 39° 0.978′ N, 104° 51.321′ W. Marker is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. 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. Marker is in this post office area: USAF Academy CO 80840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (here, next to this marker); 357th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 474th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); P51 Mustang Pilots Association (here, next to this marker); 5th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 19th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 64th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 48th Fighter-Bomber Wing (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in United States Air Force Academy.
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Also see . . .
1. 33rd Fighter Group. Army Air Corps Library and Museum website entry (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. 33rd Fighter Group: "Fire from the Clouds". Defense Technical Information Center PDF (1988) (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. US 33rd Fighter Group – The Exhausting Fight for the Air Over Tunisia. War History Online website entry (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
2. 33rd Fighter Group Marker on Memorial Wall
via War History Online, 1943
3. Curtiss P-40L Warhawk of 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group
Flown by 1st Lt. (later Maj.) Charles B. Hall of Brazil, Indiana (USA) in North Africa. On Friday, 2 July 1943, Hall became the first USAAF pilot of African-American descent to shoot down an enemy plane, a German Focke-Wulf FW 190.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on March 15, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
