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

49th Fighter Squadron

14th Fighter Group (TE)

 
 
49<sup>th</sup> Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
1. 49th Fighter Squadron Marker
Inscription.

England 1942 • North Africa 1942-1943
Sicily 1943 • Corsica 1944 • Italy 1943-1945

This plaque is placed here in memory
of our comrades as an everlasting tribute
to their heroic sacrifices
4 July 1984


 
Erected 1984 by the Members of the 49th Fighter Squadron.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 0.979′ N, 104° 51.31′ 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 379th Bomb Group (H) (here, next to this marker); World War II Glider Pilots (here, next to this marker); 306th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 95th Bomb Group H (here, next to this marker); 492nd Bomb Group (H) & 801st Bomb Group (P) (here, next to this marker); 416th Bombardment Group (L) (here, next to this marker); 20th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 344th Bomb Group (M) AAF (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. 49th Fighter Squadron. American Air Museum in Britain entry (Submitted on February 19, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

2. 49th Fighter Squadron. 15th Air Force entry (Submitted on February 19, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Additional keywords. 49th Fighter Squadron
 
49<sup>th</sup> Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020
2. 49th Fighter Squadron Marker on Memorial Wall
49th Pursuit Squadron, Mills Field, CA 4-22-1942 image. Click for full size.
via 49th Fighter Squadron Association, 1942
3. 49th Pursuit Squadron, Mills Field, CA 4-22-1942
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 19, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 19, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on February 22, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
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