Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Fifth Airdrome Squadron
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
1. Fifth Airdrome Squadron Marker
Fifth Airdrome Squadron
Activated Nov 1942, Deactivated Sept. 1945
Assigned to Serve with the
Eighth Air Force, June 1943
Dedicated September 1985
Erected 1985.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.792′ N, 84° 6.755′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #118) 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: 488th Bomb Squadron "M" (here, next to this marker); 58th Bomb Wing (here, next to this marker); 7th Combat Cargo Squadron (here, next to this marker); 97th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 451st Bombardment Squadron (a few steps from this marker); Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 82nd Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 13th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . . NMUSAF Memorial Park. (Submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
2. Fifth Airdrome Squadron Marker
On right side of walkway, hidden behind trees, near the top right of curve in the path. Looking south.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 928 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
