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 —

33rd Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 33rd Fighter Group Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dedicated to the men who gave their lives
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

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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. (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. 33rd Fighter Group. (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. 33rd Fighter Group: "Fire from the Clouds" (Cooper, 1988). (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
4. US 33rd Fighter Group – The Exhausting Fight for the Air Over Tunisia (Knighton, 2017). (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

33rd Fighter Group Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

2. 33rd Fighter Group Marker on Memorial Wall

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.