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

Berlin Airlift Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2019

1. Berlin Airlift Memorial

Inscription. In memory of the United States military personnel who served on the Berlin Airlift 26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949.

Erected 1999 by The Berlin Airlift Veterans Association.

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

Location. 39° 7.093′ N, 75° 27.378′ W. Memorial 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. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1301 Heritage Road, Dover AFB DE 19902, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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

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within walking distance of this marker: C-133 Cargomaster (here, next to this marker); P-51 Mustang (a few steps from this marker); 61st Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 9/11 Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 2nd Ferrying Group (a few steps from this marker); Asian American and Pacific Islander U.S. Air Force Memorial (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.

Berlin Airlift Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, August 23, 2024

2. Berlin Airlift Memorial - 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 322 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on August 23, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.