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

91st Troop Carrier Squadron

(439th Troop Carrier Group)

— 1943 - 1945 —

91st Troop Carrier Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 91st Troop Carrier Squadron Marker

Inscription.
From D-Day, 6 June 1944, until VE Day, 8 May 1945, the men of the 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, flying unarmed transport aircraft and gliders, launched paratroopers and glider-borne assault troops to penetrate Hitler's "Fortress Europa" and assure the defeat of his armies.

Campaigns: Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation; French Croix de Guerre with Palm; French Fourragere.

Dedicated 24 August 1990

Erected 1990.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is May 8, 1945.

Location. 39° 46.803′ N, 84° 6.674′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #157) 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

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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: 493rd Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 339th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 19th Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); 487th Bomb Group (H) Association (a few steps from this marker); 93rd Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 401st Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 442nd Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker); 356th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 439th Troop Carrier Group. (Submitted on January 21, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

2. 91st Troop Carrier Squadron Marker

Third marker on right side of walkway. Looking northwest.

Photographed by Robert F Larson, circa 1943

3. 91st Troop Carrier Squadron Marker

Robert Fairchild Larson

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,060 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 21, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on May 30, 2021, by Robert F Larson of Stone Mountain, Georgia. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.