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

Second Schweinfurt Memorial

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

1. Second Schweinfurt Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Second Schweinfurt
Memorial Association
presents and dedicates this memorial
to the memory of the airmen of the
United States Army 8th Air Force
who against overwhelming odds
and savage defiance
attacked and destroyed
the ball bearing factories in
Schweinfurt, Germany
14 October 1943
Officially known as
Mission No. 115
Known by those who were there as
Black Thursday

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is October 14, 1943.

Location. 39° 46.823′ N, 84° 6.755′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #06) 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,

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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: 94th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 10th Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); Alexander P. de Seversky (a few steps from this marker); 303rd Bomb Group 'H' (a few steps from this marker); 75th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 483rd Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 34th Bomb Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); 91st Bomb Group (H) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. more Second Schweinfurt Memorial

Also see . . .
1. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Second Raid on Schweinfurt. (Submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Second Schweinfurt Memorial Association.

Second Schweinfurt Memorial Marker Detail image. Click for full size.

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

2. Second Schweinfurt Memorial Marker Detail

(Submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. Recalling a Deadly Raid. (Submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
5. Schweinfurt, Germany. (Submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

3. Second Schweinfurt Memorial Marker

Along northwest edge of park (adjacent to museum parking). Looking east, with Valor Park at distant center.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

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 1,376 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.