Near Laurinburg in Scotland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

World War II Glider Pilots

Photographed by Roger C Pate, June 28, 2009

1. World War II Glider Pilots Marker

Inscription. In memory of the combat glider pilots and other airborne assault personnel who trained at the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field during World War II. This memorial is dedicated to those brave young Americans, especially to those who in large numbers gave their lives in defense of freedom during the bloody airborne operations of World War II.

The Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field was one of the major combat glider training bases in America between October 1942 and April 1945 during World War II.

Erected 1989 by Scotland County Association of Military Retirees and National World War II Glider Pilots Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.

Location. 34° 47.805′ N, 79° 22.097′ W. Memorial is near Laurinburg, North Carolina, in Scotland County. It can be reached from the intersection of Airport Road (County Route 1434) and Jump Road. Located just north of the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport terminal building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16701 Airport Rd, Laurinburg NC 28352, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper 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 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Floral College (approx. 3.1 miles away); Angus W. McLean (approx. 3.1 miles away); Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base

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(approx. 3.6 miles away); Maxton Alma Railroad Bell (approx. 4.1 miles away); Carolina College (approx. 4.1 miles away); Maxton War Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Town of Shoe Heel / Carolina Methodist College (approx. 4.3 miles away); Stewart-Hawley-Malloy House (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Laurinburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Stewartsville Cemetery (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Roger C Pate, June 28, 2009

2. World War II Glider Pilots Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2016, by Roger C Pate of Laurinburg, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 536 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2016, by Roger C Pate of Laurinburg, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.