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Fort Myer in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

484th Bombardment Group

 
 
484th Bombardment Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 16, 2011
1. 484th Bombardment Group Marker
Inscription.
The 484th Bomb Group (H) 49th Bomb Wing
15th AF, Flew Bombing Missions From
Torretta Airfield, Italy 1944-45 and Was
Part of the Greatest Aerial Armada to
Ever Take to the Skies

(484th Bomb Group Association)
This Plaque Memorializes the Supreme
Sacrifices of the Airmen Who Did Not Return

 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the National Cemeteries series list.
 
Location. 38° 52.831′ N, 77° 4.186′ W. Marker is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Fort Myer. Memorial is on Grant Drive near Roosevelt Drive, on the right when traveling north. Located in Section 33, with a Memorial Gingko Tree. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Myer VA 22211, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 56th Field Artillery Bn (a few steps from this marker); Field Marshal Sir John Dill (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil Air Patrol (within shouting distance of this marker); 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) (within shouting distance of this marker); 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team (within shouting
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distance of this marker); 104th Infantry Division (within shouting distance of this marker); 455th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (within shouting distance of this marker); Khe Sanh Veterans (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.
 
Also see . . .  Army Air Corps Library & Museum. 484th Bombardment Group (Submitted on January 3, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.) 
 
484th Bombardment Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 2, 2015
2. 484th Bombardment Group Marker
The marker is at the base of the Memorial Gingko tree.
484th Bombardment Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 2, 2015
3. 484th Bombardment Group Marker
The marker is at the base of the Memorial Gingko tree.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 3, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 476 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on January 3, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.   2, 3. submitted on September 4, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.

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