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

448th Bombardment Group

20th Combat Wing • 2nd Air Div • 8th AF

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

1. 448th Bombardment Group Memorial

Inscription.
Located near Seething, England from Dec. 1943 to June 1945, members of the 712, 713, 714 & 715 Squadrons flew 7,343 sorties on 282 misisons dropping 15,286 tons of bombs and shot down 47 enemy aircraft. Lost were 146 B-24 Liberator bombers with over 400 air crew killed.

To Their Memory
This bit of history is dedicated by survivors of the 448th, 16 July 1986

Erected 1986 by Survivors of the 448th Bombardment Group.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1945.

Location. 39° 46.813′ N, 84° 6.732′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #096) 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,

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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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 446th Bomb Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 43rd Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 364th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 4th Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); Purple Heart Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 5th Air Force (a few steps from this marker); 352nd Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 13th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 448th Bombardment Group. American Air Museum in Britian website entry (Submitted on August 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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

2. 448th Bombardment Group Memorial

Looking NNW toward the 8th Air Force Memorial (propeller) and museum.

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 Liberator 8th Air Force 448th Bomb Group taking off from Seething, England 1944 image. Click for full size.

via World War Photos, 1944

4. B-24 Liberator 8th Air Force 448th Bomb Group taking off from Seething, England 1944

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 1,257 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 13, 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.