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

44th Bomb Group (H)

8th Air Force

— B-24 Liberators —

44th Bomb Group (H) Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 44th Bomb Group (H) Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to the
“Flying Eightball Group”
First Mission 7 November 42
Last Mission 25 April 45
344 Combat Missions
Destroyed 330 Enemy Planes
Received the Distinguished
Unit Citation for
Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943
Ploesti, Rumania 1 August 1943

Erected by 44th Bomb Group Veterans Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 25, 1787.

Location. 39° 46.842′ N, 84° 6.732′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #002) 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,

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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: Glider Pilots (a few steps from this marker); "The Mighty Eighth" (a few steps from this marker); Doris Scott (a few steps from this marker); China Burma India Hump Aircrews (within shouting distance of this marker); 91st Bomb Group (H) (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander P. de Seversky (within shouting distance of this marker); 34th Bomb Group (Heavy) (within shouting distance of this marker); Valor Park (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. A Big Data History of the 44th Bomb Group. Website homepage (Submitted on August 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. 44th Bomb Group - The Flying Eightballs. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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

2. 44th Bomb Group (H) Marker

Near the northern corner boundary of park. Looking southeast, with 8th Air Force Memorial behind trees and Valor Park (planes) at distant right center.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for take off image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, 1943

4. B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for take off

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,061 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on August 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.