Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

315th Bombardment Wing (VH)

 
 
315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025
1. 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker
Inscription.
In honor of the 12,000 men who served in the
315th Bombardment Wing (VH)
XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force Northwest Field, Guam 1944-1945

"A new chapter in air power"

Bomb Groups
16th • 331st • 501st • 502nd

Air Service Groups
24th • 73rd • 75th • 76th

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 46.783′ N, 84° 6.715′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Spaatz Circle and Bong Street, on the right when traveling south on Spaatz Circle. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Circle, 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,
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 367th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 485th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 5th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); Fifteenth Air Force (here, next to this marker); 99th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 306th Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 449th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 12th Bombardment Group (Medium) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
 
315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025
2. 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker
315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025
3. 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
m=281857

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jul. 5, 2026