Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
316th Troop Carrier Group
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
1. 316th Troop Carrier Group Marker
Squadrons
World War II
Nine battle stars
Three Presidential Unit Citations
A living memorial to those who served
Erected by Members of the 316th Troop Carrier Group.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.768′ N, 84° 6.808′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is on Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #42) 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 486th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 451st Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 79th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); Captain Hugh Hall (a few steps from this marker); 466th Bombardment Group (H) Memorial Tree (a few steps from this marker); 394th Bomb Group (M) (a few steps from this marker); 30th Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); 445th Combat Group H (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . . 316th Troop Carrier Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
2. 316th Troop Carrier Group Marker
Twelfth marker on left side of walkway (beyond view). Looking southwest.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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via American Air Museum in Britain, 1944
4. Flight crews of the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group at Cottesmore, Sept. 1944
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 31, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,121 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 31, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on August 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
