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

W. M. "Bill" Colvin

In Memory Of

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

1. W. M. "Bill" Colvin Marker

Inscription. Easter Pipeline &
Construction Company
Ellinwood, Kansas

Smoky Hill Army Air Field
construction

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); Crew 52 (here, next

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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 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. William M. “Bill” Colvin. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on November 24, 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

Schilling Air Force Base, originally Smoky Hill Army Air Field image. Click for more information.

via Kansas Department of Health and Environment, unknown

3. Schilling Air Force Base, originally Smoky Hill Army Air Field

Kansas Department of Health and Environment website entry
Click for more information.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 505 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on January 18, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.