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

437th Troop Carrier Group

Auxilium Ex Coelo

— World War II —

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

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010

1. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Inscription.

Headquarters
83rd • 84th • 85th
Troop Carrier Squadrons
814th Air Evacuation Squadron

Normandy-Ardennes • Northern France
Rome-Arno • Southern France
Rhineland • Central Europe

Dedicated 18 Sep 92

Erected 1992.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is September 18, 1993.

Location. 39° 46.749′ N, 84° 6.729′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #245) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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) 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: 368th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 8th Attack Squadron (here, next to this marker); 68th Air Service Group (a few steps from this marker); 308th Fighter Squadron • 31st Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 405th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 33rd Troop Carrier Squadron

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(a few steps from this marker); 410th Bombardment Group (L) (a few steps from this marker); B-52 Stratofortress (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 437th Troop Carrier Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Robert E. Campbell, circa 1944

2. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker

A camp street in France, a nameless, young lieutenant, in casual uniform.

Photographed by Robert E. Campbell, circa 1944

3. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker

'Hungry Jack Nix', my father wrote.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010

4. 437th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Looking north

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

5. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

C-47 Skytrains of the 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, Unknown

6. C-47 Skytrains of the 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 910 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on August 5, 2013, by Robert E. Campbell of Monument, Colorado. 4. submitted on January 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 6. submitted on August 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.