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Lower Township near Cape May in Cape May County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Cape May County Airport

 
 
Cape May County Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
1. Cape May County Airport Marker
Inscription. Formerly Naval Air Station Wildwood during World War II, the airport served as a base for dive bomber squadrons. Thirty-six airmen perished while training at this site from 1943 - 1945.
 
Erected by CMC Cultural & Heritage Comm.; Historic Cold Spring Village.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceEducationWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1943.
 
Location. 39° 0.091′ N, 74° 54.566′ W. Marker is near Cape May, New Jersey, in Cape May County. It is in Lower Township. It is on Lexington Road 0.1 miles north of Breakwater Road (County Road 613), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 415 Breakwater Rd, Cape May NJ 08204, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on New Jersey’s Jersey Shore. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); NAS Wildwood Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Ens. Andrew P. Hamilton (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ens. Leonard R. Volpi (approx. 0.3 miles away); Atlantic City Railroad - Cape May Division (approx. 1.4 miles away); Cold Spring Grange Hall (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tulip Poplar (approx. 1.7 miles away); Welcome to the Nature Trail at Bradner's Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cape May.
 
Cape May County Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
2. Cape May County Airport Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 291 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 25, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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