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

353rd Fighter Group

And Support Units

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

1. 353rd Fighter Group Memorial

Inscription.

Dedicated to the members of
the 353rd Fighter Group and
Support Units that served at
Gox Hill, Metfield and Raydon
Airdromes, England, 1943 - 1945.

Fighter Sqdns.
350th LH
351st YJ
352nd SX

Aircraft P-47's - P-51's

Dedicated 11 Nov. 88

Erected 1988.

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

Location. 39° 46.821′ N, 84° 6.699′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is on Spaatz Circle. Marker (Memorial #91) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Order of Daedalians (here, next to this marker); 351st Bombardment Group Memorial (here, next to this marker); Fourth Fighter Group Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 45th Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); 307^th Bombardment Group (HV)

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(a few steps from this marker); B-26 Martin Marauder (a few steps from this marker); 21st Air Depot Group (a few steps from this marker); 22nd Bombardment Group (M) & (H) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 353rd Fighter Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 5, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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

2. 353rd Fighter Group Memorial

Looking west, with Valor Park in background.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., unknown

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
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353rd Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, unknown

4. 353rd Fighter Group Marker

Six P-51 Mustangs of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 18, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 978 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 18, 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 5, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.