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

483rd Bombardment Group (H)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

1. 483rd Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated 30 September 1983
to the men of the
483rd
Bombardment Group (H)
5th Wing, 15th Air Force
Sterparone (near Foggia), Italy
Activated 22 September 1943
Ephrata, Washington
Deactivated 25 September 1945
Pisa, Italy

Flew 215 combat missions in B-17's
12 April 1944 to 26 April 1945
Destroyed 76 enemy aircraft
Lost 74 aircraft

Awarded two
Distinguished Unit Citations:
Memmingen, Germany
18 July 1944
Berlin, Germany
24 March 1945

815 • 816 • 817 • 840 [Bomb Squadrons]

Erected 1983 by 483rd Bombardment Group Association.

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

Location. 39° 46.814′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #34) 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 Cir, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is

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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 within walking distance of this marker: 10th Air Depot Group (here, next to this marker); 485th Bomb Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); 303rd Bomb Group 'H' (a few steps from this marker); 5th Air Force (a few steps from this marker); Khobar Towers Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 98th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); 94th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 385th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 483rd Bomb Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 21, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

2. 483rd Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

3. 483rd Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Third marker (first upright) on left side of walkway. Looking southwest.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
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B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Good Deal" of the 483rd Bomb Group in flight image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, Unknown

5. B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Good Deal" of the 483rd Bomb Group in flight

Photographed by Richard Jenkins, circa April 1944

6. 483rd Bombardment Group (H) Marker

Pilot 2Lt Eugene Jackson is/was my cousin twice removed. The following narrative is from the squadron log date 19 June 1944: I. ENEMY RISISTANCE. A. Air. Our Group was alone when it arrived at the I. P. at 1045 hours and was immediately attacked by approximately 100 J-1901s, a few of which may have been Me-110's and Mo-109's. They made their first pass from out of the sun at three o'clock and peeled off at 150 yards. They immediately reformed and come in en masse from six o'clock, attacking our rear box. They flew in a stepped up javelin formation making it very difficult for anyone other than our tail gunners to fire at them. Their plan of attack was fitted perfectly for our box in trail formation and they concentrated on one box at a time working from rear to front. From the above encounters, our Group lost fifteen (15) aircraft, and claims the following victories: 28 destroyed, 7 probables, and 2 damaged. (Those figures later went up to: 54 destroyed, 8 probables, and 5 damaged).

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,763 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 27, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on August 21, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 6. submitted on December 15, 2024, by Richard Jenkins of Niceville, Florida.