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20th Fighter Gp

 
 
20th Fighter Gp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
1. 20th Fighter Gp Marker



Inscription.
Lest We Forget
20th Fighter Gp
Dedicated
By The
20th Fighter Group
Association

King's Cliffe, England
Aug. 1943-Oct. 1945

55th Ftr Sqdn KI
77th Ftr Sqdn LC
79th Ftr Sqdn MC
97th Serv Gp

In honor of our 85 comrades who
so gallantly gave their lives to the
cause of freedom. They above all had
Victory by Valor.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 32° 6.924′ N, 81° 14.231′ W. Marker is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. Memorial can be reached from 175 Bourne Avenue. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 56th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Eighth Air Force Historical Society - Tennessee Chapter (here, next to this marker); 446th Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); 36th BS RCM (a few steps from this marker); 457th Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); Patsy Ann II (a few steps from this marker); Col. Paul B. Jackson
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(a few steps from this marker); Lt. Thomas A. McQuade (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.
 
Also see . . .  20th Fighter Group. flying 312 combat missions, and escorted bombers to Germany and struck rail lines, trains, vehicles, barges, power stations, and other targets in and beyond the Siegfried Line (Submitted on April 23, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.) 
 
20th Fighter Gp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
2. 20th Fighter Gp Marker
20th Fighter Gp Marker found at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
3. 20th Fighter Gp Marker found at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 407 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 23, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.

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