Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
479th Fighter Group
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. 479th Fighter Group Marker
Fighter Squadron Fighter Squadron
436th
Fighter Squadron
8th Air Force
Wattisham, England 1944-1945
Lest We Forget "All The Young Men"
Dedicated 17 Oct 1997
Erected 1997.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 32° 6.945′ N, 81° 14.226′ W. Memorial is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It 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. Memorial is in this post office area: Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and in Greater Savannah. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 453rd Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); 493rd Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); Lace's Aces (here, next to this marker); 364th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); WW II Bombardiers (a few steps from this marker); James H. Doolittle (a few steps from this marker); 356th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); Black Thursday Oct 14 1943 (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.
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Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
2. 479th Fighter Group Marker at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Memorial Gardens
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
3. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 764 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 29, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
