Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
9th Troop Carrier Squadron
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 9th Troop Carrier Squadron Marker
and support personnel of the
9th Troop Carrier Squadron
Combat in World War II
Central Pacific Theatre of Operations
Assigned to the 7th Air Force
21 February 1944 - 2 September 1945
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is February 21, 1944.
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 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 the 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 47th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); AC-130A Spectre Gunship II (here, next to this marker); SSgt Forrest Ray Cope (here, next to this marker); 504th Bomb Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); Frederick W. Kaufmann, Colonel, USAF (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 1954E (here, next to this marker); Michael Slepecky, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Class 41-B (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. 9th Airlift Squadron Fact Sheet. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. WWII Troop Carrier Overview. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Troop Carrier Groups of World War II. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. Memorial Wall #1
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 July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 437 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on July 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
