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

43rd Bombardment Group

5th Air Force WWII

— Southwest Pacific —

43rd Bombardment Group Memorial image. Click for full size.

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

1. 43rd Bombardment Group Memorial

Inscription.

“Ken's Men”

Dedicated Oct. 7, 1988

Erected 1988 by 43rd Bombardment Group.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, World II.

Location. 39° 46.816′ N, 84° 6.737′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #097) 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

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 448th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 446th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 34th Bomb Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); 303rd Bomb Group 'H' (a few steps from this marker); 5th Air Force (a few steps from this marker); 94th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 364th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 483rd Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . Ken's Men: 53rd Bomb Group (H) 5th Air Force. Association website homepage (Submitted on February 12, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

43rd Bombardment Group Memorial Reverse image. Click for full size.

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

2. 43rd Bombardment Group Memorial Reverse

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

3. 43rd Bombardment Group Memorial

Looking south, with 5th Air Force Memorial in background right center.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

B-17E 'Lak-A-Nookie' of the US 43rd Bombardment Group, 63rd Bombing Squadron image. Click for full size.

via World War II Database, Unknown

5. B-17E 'Lak-A-Nookie' of the US 43rd Bombardment Group, 63rd Bombing Squadron

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 979 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 12, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on August 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.