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

29^th Bomb Squadron

6th Air Force

— In Honor Of —

29<sup>th</sup> Bomb Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021

1. 29^th Bomb Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Galapagos Islands
"The Rock"
1943 - 1945

Dedicated 21 June 1989

Erected 1989.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 39° 46.801′ N, 84° 6.697′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #191) 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

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are within walking distance of this marker: "Manhattan Maiden" B-24 (44-42142) (here, next to this marker); 486^th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 398th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 20^th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); Chaplain Service Personnel (a few steps from this marker); Doolittle Tokyo Raiders (a few steps from this marker); Buckeye Wing (a few steps from this marker); 356th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 3rd, 24th and 29th Bombardment Squadrons | 6th Bombardment Group | VI Bomber Command. U.S. Militaria Forum website entry (Submitted on November 23, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Additional keywords. 29th Bomb Squadron

29<sup>th</sup> Bomb Squadron Marker image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2021

2. 29^th Bomb Squadron Marker

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

B-24 bombers in flight over the US Army airfield on Baltra, Galápagos Islands image. Click for full size.

via World War II Database, July 31, 2022

3. B-24 bombers in flight over the US Army airfield on Baltra, Galápagos Islands

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 31, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.