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

City of Flatbush

314th BW • 19th BG • 30th BS

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

1. City of Flatbush Marker

Inscription. Jim Hall • Francis Thompson
Eugene Victor • Gerson Lacoff
John Segal • Don Leeper
Ernest Vick • John Keogh
Don Comer • Marv Beattie
John Tyrrell • Cecil Corley

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

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J. Campbell Jr. (here, next to this marker); 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 June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 19th Bombardment Association. (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 314th Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. B-19 Superfortress. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on November 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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

Photographed by Charles Weems, July 11, 2013

3. City of Flatbush Marker

History of Col. Jim Hall his rank advancements and citations.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 616 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 12, 2013, by Charles Weems of Grapevine, Texas.