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

390th Bombardment Group (H)

In Memoriam

— 8th Air Force —

390th Bombardment Group (H) Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 390th Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Inscription.

To our fallen comrades
They flew, they fought
They gave their lives
A man can do no more for his country.
1943-1945

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 once the Comanchería.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 379^th Bomb Group (H) (here, next

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to this marker); World War II Glider Pilots (here, next to this marker); 306^th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 95^th 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); 344^th 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. 390th Memorial Museum. Muesum website homepage (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. 390th Bomb Group Museum, England. Imperial War Museum website entry (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. 390th Bomb Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

4. 390th Bombardment Group. 390th Strategic Missile Wing website entry (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

5. 2nd Lt Cecil Hardin Dale Biography.

390th Bombardment Group (H) Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

2. 390th Bombardment Group (H) Marker on Memorial Wall

East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association website entry (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

6. Station 153 Then and Now - Keynote Presentation. 390th Bomb Group Reunion 2018 (YouTube, 10m 37s) (Submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. image. Click for full size.

Via American Air Museum in England, unknown

3. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

(FC-A, serial number 42-107070)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 384 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 8, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.