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

World War II Air Commandos

10th Air Force • China-Burma-India • 5th Air Force

— Dedicated to —

 
 
World War II Air Commandos Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021
1. World War II Air Commandos Marker
Inscription.

2nd Group CBI Squadrons
GP HQ
1st-2nd Fighter Sqdns
127th-155th-156th Liaison Sqdns
317th Troop Carrier Sqdn
327th-328th-340th-342nd Airdrome Sqdns
236th Med. Disp. (Avn)
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3rd Group SWPA Squadrons
GP HQ
3rd-4th Fighter Sqdns
157th-159th-160th Liaison Sqdns
318th Troop Carrier Sqdn
334th-335th-341st-343rd Airdrome Sqdns
237th Med. Disp. (Avn)

Dedication 9 October 1989

 
Erected 1989.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 46.767′ N, 84° 6.717′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #183) 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
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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: Aviation Cadet Pilot Class 42-B (here, next to this marker); 48th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 366th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 62nd Troop Carrier Group (here, next to this marker); 56th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 49th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 87th Depot Repair Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 89th Attack Squadron (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
 
Also see . . .
1. 2nd Air Commando Group. (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 2nd Air Commando Group. (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 3rd Air Commando Group.
World War II Air Commandos Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021
2. World War II Air Commandos Marker
(Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. 3rd Air Commando Group (USAAF). (Submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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