Dover Air Force Base in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

C-133 Cargomaster

1957 - 1971

Photographed by Pete Skillman, August 23, 2024

1. C-133 Cargomaster Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to C-133 aircrew members and support personnel of the 1st and 39th Heavy Airlift Squadrons and to the memory of those who are no longer with us

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold • War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1957.

Location. 39° 7.09′ N, 75° 27.376′ W. Marker is in Dover, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Dover Air Force Base. It can be reached from Heritage Road 0.7 miles west of Bayside Drive (Delaware Route 9), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1301 Heritage Road, Dover AFB DE 19902, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

walking distance of this marker: Berlin Airlift Memorial (here, next to this marker); 61st Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); P-51 Mustang (a few steps from this marker); 9/11 Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Asian American and Pacific Islander U.S. Air Force Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 2nd Ferrying Group (a few steps from this marker); Women in the Military Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Commemoration Park (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dover.

C-133 Cargomaster Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, August 23, 2024

2. C-133 Cargomaster Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 375 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.