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

19th Bombardment Group

28th Squadron • 30th Squadron • 93rd Squadron

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

1. 19th Bombardment Group Marker

Inscription.
Great Bend Army Air Field
April 1944 to December 1944

North Field Guam
December 1944 to September 1945
187 Missions

Kadena Okinawa
June 1950 to September 1953
251 Missions

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

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marker: Leslie 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 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 19th Bombardment Association. (Submitted on June 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 314th Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on June 26, 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 September 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 720 times since then and 16 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.