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.

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. 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

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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.

More about this memorial. Must have a valid ID to enter the USAF Academy grounds.

Also see . . .
1. 33rd Fighter Group. Army Air Corps Library and Museum website entry (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. 33rd Fighter Group: "Fire from the Clouds". Defense Technical Information Center PDF (1988) (Submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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 Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

Curtiss P-40L Warhawk of 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group image. Click for full size.

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 Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 310 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on March 15, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.