Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
62nd Troop Carrier Group
51st Wing - 12th A.F.
| | (1942-1945) | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021
1. 62nd Troop Carrier Group Marker
4th, 7th, 8th, 51st & HQ Squadrons
Operations:
Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno;
Southern France; North Apennines; Po Valley.
Dedicated 10 October 1990
Erected 1990.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.
Location. 39° 46.767′ N, 84° 6.713′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #177) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro and in the Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 366th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 48th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); World War II Air Commandos (here, next to this marker); Aviation Cadet Pilot Class 42-B (here, next to this marker); 49th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 56th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Giovanni Pirelli (a few steps from this marker); 388th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. 62nd Troop Carrier Group. (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 62nd Troop Carrier Group. (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Troop Carrier Groups of World War II. (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021
2. 62nd Troop Carrier Group Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 347 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
