Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

M/Sgt Robert James Aspinall

313 Bomb Wing • 505th Bomb Group

— 483 & 484 Bomb Squadrons —

M/Sgt Robert James Aspinall Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012

1. M/Sgt Robert James Aspinall Marker

Inscription. Flight Engineer
Born March 6, 1920 -
Rochester, Wisconsin
POW at Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Executed - June 20, 1945

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.

Location. 38° 20.836′ N, 98° 50.99′ W. Memorial is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It is on 6th Street west of Airport Road/SW 40th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the B-29 Memorial Plaza at Great Bend Municipal Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Southern Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Leslie J. Campbell Jr. (here, next to this marker);

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Crew 52 (here, next to this marker); Duke's Lead Crew (here, next to this marker); Great Bend AAF Ground Training Unit (here, next to this marker); Honey - V☐ 42 (here, next to this marker); Pacific Queen Z-35 (here, next to this marker); Rover Boys Express (here, next to this marker); Welch's Wolves (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.

Also see . . .
1. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas. (Submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. MSGT Robert James Aspinall. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on November 19, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

3. 313th Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. 505th Bombardment Group History. History of War website entry (Submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas

Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 655 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.