Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

7th Combat Cargo Squadron

2nd Combat Cargo Group, 54th Troop Carrier Wing

— 5th Air Force —

7th Combat Cargo Squadron Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

1. 7th Combat Cargo Squadron Memorial

Inscription.
In honor of the men of the
7th Combat Cargo Squadron
Curtiss C-46 Commando

Activated: 1 May, 1944
Deactivated: 15 Jan, 1946

Syracuse, N.Y.
Nadzab, New Guinea
Biak, Dutch E. Indies
Dulag, Leyte, P.I.
Bolo Pt., Okinawa
Yokota, Japan

They Did All That Was Asked of Them
Transported Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 39° 46.796′ N, 84° 6.753′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #119) 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

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in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 58th Bomb Wing (here, next to this marker); Fifth Airdrome Squadron (here, next to this marker); 488th Bomb Squadron "M" (a few steps from this marker); 451st Bombardment Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 13th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 97th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 385th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Wikipedia entry:
Current iteration of the WWII 7th Combat Cargo Squadron (Submitted on November 6, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. 2nd Combat Cargo Group of the 54th Troop Carrier Wing of the 5th Air Force, USAAF. Oz at War website entry (Submitted on November 6, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

2. 7th Combat Cargo Squadron Memorial

Third marker on right side of walkway. Looking east.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and markers listing
Click for more information.

Curtis C-46 Commando as flown by the 2nd Combat Cargo Group image. Click for full size.

via Wikipedia, unknown

4. Curtis C-46 Commando as flown by the 2nd Combat Cargo Group

Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,065 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on November 6, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.