Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Operation Babylift
Saigon Mission Association
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. Operation Babylift Marker
those who lost their
lives on 4 April 1975
when a disabled C-5A
crashed on landing at
Go Vap, Vietnam during
"Operation Babylift."
Dedicated 20 May 1989
Erected 1989 by Saigon Mission Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam. A significant historical date for this entry is April 4, 1975.
Location. 39° 46.753′ N, 84° 6.764′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #129) 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 781st Bombardment Squadron (H) (here, next to this marker); Tuskegee Airmen (here, next to this marker); Swiss Internees Association, Inc. (here, next to this marker); 489th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 436th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker); 310th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 463rd Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 312th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. Remembering The Doomed First Flight Of Operation Babylift. National Public Radio website entry (2015) (Submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Saigon Mission Association on Facebook. (Submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
2. Operation Babylift Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 670 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
