Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
27th Fighter Bomber Group
Five Presidential Citations 1941 - 1945
Invasions 1943 - 1945
Sicily, Italy and Southern France
Battle Stars
Sicily Naples-Foggia Anzio
Rome-Arno Northern Appenines Southern France
Northern France Rhineland-Central Europe
Dedicated Oct 1991
Erected 1991 by 27th Fighter Bomber Group Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.76′ N, 84° 6.825′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #260) 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: 1st Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 2nd Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 322nd Bomb Group (M) (a few steps from this marker); 79th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 451st Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 394th Bomb Group (M) (a few steps from this marker); 4950th Test Wing Crash Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Enlisted Aerial Gunners (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,045 times since then and 17 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.


