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359th Fighter Group

 
 
359th Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 30, 2025
1. 359th Fighter Group Marker
Inscription.
A Memorial
Honouring the men who gave their lives
and those who served in the
359th Fighter Group

Station - 133 England
1942 - 1945

"Bless 'em All"

P-51 • P-47

 
Erected 1983.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 46.881′ N, 84° 6.663′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in Beavercreek Township. It can be reached from Spaatz 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 8 other markers are within
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walking distance of this marker: Women Airforce Service Pilots (a few steps from this marker); "The Mighty Eighth" (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fourth Fighter Group Memorial (about 400 feet away); China Burma India Hump Aircrews (about 400 feet away); 44th Bomb Group (H) (about 400 feet away); Order of Daedalians (about 400 feet away); 353rd Fighter Group (about 400 feet away); 351st Bombardment Group Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Another memorial for the 359th
 
359th Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 30, 2025
2. 359th Fighter Group Marker
The marker is located at the entrance of the National Museum of the US Air Force, next to a marker honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 79 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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