Marshall Ryder World War II aeronautical chart collection

Collection Summary

Title	Marshall Ryder World War II aeronautical chart collection
Inclusive Dates	1940-1944
Call No.	G5701.P6 coll .R9 Ryder
Creator	Marshall, Ryder
Extent	26 items
Extent	1 folder
Language	Collection material in English and German
Location	Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm021024
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2021588016
Summary	The collection consists of 26 aeronautical charts that date to World War II. Among them are 16 charts that depict locations in Europe and 8 that depict locations in the United States. The materials were compiled by Marshall Ryder, who served in the U.S. Troop Carrier Command during World War II. He was aboard a C-47 that dropped paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Ryder annotated some of the charts.