Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
322nd Bomb Group (M)
1942 - 1945
England-France-Belgium-Germany
Distinguished Unit Citation
ETO Medal & Six Battle Stars
To those who flew the B-26
To those who kept them flying
To those we left behind.
“I've trod the high untrespassed
sanctity of space, put out my hand
and touched the face of God.”
July 1985
Erected 1985 by 322nd Bomb Group Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.768′ N, 84° 6.825′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #16) 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 within walking distance of this marker: 451st Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 27th Fighter Bomber Group (a few steps from this marker); 1st Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 466th Bombardment Group (H) Memorial Tree (a few steps from this marker); 79th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 316th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker); 2nd Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 486th Bomb Group (H) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 948 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 7, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.


