United States Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

434^th Troop Carrier Group

HQ • 71st • 72nd • 73rd • 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons

434<sup>th</sup> Troop Carrier Group Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020

1. 434^th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Inscription.

In memory of the young and brave men
of this organization, who gave their lives
in defense of liberty and freedom for
the land they loved. No man could do more.

Normandy • Holland • Bastogne • Rhine River

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

Location. 39° 0.979′ N, 104° 51.31′ W. Memorial is in United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County. It can be reached from Parade Loop. Marker is in the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, on Parade Loop west of Stadium Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: USAF Academy CO 80840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Front Range

and in Pikes Peak Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: 379^th Bomb Group (H) (here, next to this marker); World War II Glider Pilots (here, next to this marker); 306^th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 95^th Bomb Group H (here, next to this marker); 492nd Bomb Group (H) & 801st Bomb Group (P) (here, next to this marker); 416th Bombardment Group (L) (here, next to this marker); 20th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 344^th Bomb Group (M) AAF (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in United States Air Force Academy.

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Also see . . .
1. 434th Troop Carrier Group. (Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 434th Troop Carrier Group (USAAF). (Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 434th Troop Carrier Group. (Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. The Airman I Never Knew (Sirak, Air Force Magazine, 2014). (Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
5. 434th Troop Carrier Group at Mourmelon-le-Grand (A-80).

434<sup>th</sup> Troop Carrier Group Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 17, 2020

2. 434^th Troop Carrier Group Marker on Memorial Wall

(Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
6. Recollections and Experiences of a United States Troop Carrier Squadron Officer in Normandy. (Submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Additional keywords. 434th Troop Carrier Group

"A 9th Troop Carrier Command Douglas C-47 with full Parapack load wings its way over France." image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, unknown

3. "A 9th Troop Carrier Command Douglas C-47 with full Parapack load wings its way over France."

C-47A 43-15665 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF. This aircraft went on to be the first to land on North Pole Ice on 3rd May 1952.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on January 21, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.