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

486^th Bomb Squadron

340^th Bomb Group – 57^th Bomb Wing

— 1942 – 1945 —

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

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

1. 486^th Bomb Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Africa • Sicily • Corsica • Italy

Dedicated 20 October 1989

Erected 1989.

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

Location. 39° 46.805′ N, 84° 6.691′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #170) 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

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within walking distance of this marker: 398th Bomb Group (H) (here, next to this marker); "Manhattan Maiden" B-24 (44-42142) (here, next to this marker); 356th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 29^th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 22nd Bombardment Group (M) & (H) (a few steps from this marker); 307^th Bombardment Group (HV) (a few steps from this marker); 93rd Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 487th Bomb Group (H) Association (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 340th Bomb Group. (Submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 340th Bombardment Group. (Submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. A History of the 340th. Bombardment Group. (Submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. 486th Bomb Squadron History. (Submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Additional keywords. 486th Bomb Squadron

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

2. 486^th Bomb Squadron Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

486th Bomb Squadron

340th Bomb Group – 57th Bomb Wing

— 1942 – 1945 —

486^th Bomb Squadron

340^th Bomb Group – 57^th Bomb Wing