Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
82nd Fighter Group
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
1. 82nd Fighter Group Memorial
of the 82nd Fighter Group
95th, 96th, & 97th Squadrons
World War II
554 Aerial Victories
Three Distinguished Unit Citations
Foggia, Italy, 26 Aug 43
Cancello, Italy, 2 Sept 43
Ploesti, Rumania, 10 June 44
Erected 1985.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is June 10, 1878.
Location. 39° 46.785′ N, 84° 6.762′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #139) 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)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 301st Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 97th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 459th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 392nd Bomb Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 488th Bomb Squadron "M" (a few steps from this marker); 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 13th Jungle Air Force (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 82nd Fighter Group. (Submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 82nd Fighter Group. (Submitted on January 23, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
2. 82nd Fighter Group Memorial
Marker is on the right side of the walkway, along curve, just beyond extreme right distance of photograph. Looking east.
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 956 times since then and 10 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.
