Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
435th Troop Carrier Group
HQ, 75th, 76th, 77th, and 78th Sqdns
| | 1943 - 1945 | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 435th Troop Carrier Group Marker
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Normandy Northern France Ardennes
Rome Arno Southern France
Rhineland Central France
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.
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, 080) 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) 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: 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.
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Also see . . .
1. 435th Troop Carrier Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on February 28, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 435th Troop Carrier Group. History of War website entry (Submitted on February 28, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Troop Carrier Groups of WWII. Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association website entry (Submitted on February 28, 2016, 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
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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Photographed by American Air Museum in Britain, Unknown
5. C-47 Skytrain of 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 670 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 28, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on July 19, 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. 5. submitted on August 14, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
