27th Bombardment Group

When the Japanese overran the Philippines, the 27th Bombardment Group's stranded ground crews fought on as infantry, the only Air Force unit ever to do so, then endured the Bataan Death March, where fewer than half survived captivity.

27th Bombardment Group is a historical marker in Andersonville, Macon County. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Macon County, among 35 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.1973, -84.1272 near Andersonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is National Prisoner of War Museum (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pigeon-Roosts, Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps, and Andersonville National Historic Site.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.