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

437th Troop Carrier Group

HQ • 83rd • 84th • 85th • 86th T.C. Sqdns & 814th Air Evacuation Sq

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

1. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Inscription.

In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades WWII

Normandy — Ardennes — Northern France
Rome — Arno — Southern France
Rhineland — Central Europe

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 markers are within walking distance of

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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.

More about this memorial. Must have a valid ID to enter the USAF Academy grounds.

Also see . . .
1. 437th Troop Carrier Group. Army Air Corps Library and Museum website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. 82nd Airborne Division; U.S. Airborne in Cotentin Peninsula; Mission Detroit. D Day: The Assault website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. 437th Troop Carrier Group. Glider pilot gives first hand accounts of missions. Newspapers website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

4. Friends of the 437th Troop Carrier Group at Facebook.

437th Troop Carrier Group Marker on Memorial Wall image. Click for full size.

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

2. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker on Memorial Wall

(Submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

C-47 Skytrains of the 437th Troop Carrier Group fly over Horsa gliders during a practice mission. image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, 1944

3. C-47 Skytrains of the 437th Troop Carrier Group fly over Horsa gliders during a practice mission.

Printed caption on reverse: 'IC-279550. During glider maneuvers in England, C-47s of the 101st Airborne Division, Ramsbury Airdrome, Berks, England, fly off to land after releasing the gliders shown on the ground below them. 8 Jan 1944. Signal Corps Photo #ETO-HQ-44-159 (Pearson), released by field censor 12 May 1945. Orig. Neg. Lot 14112.' On reverse: National Archives [Stamp], Credit No. [obscured]-279550.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 533 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on January 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.