Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Fifteenth Air Force
304th Bombardment Wing
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025
1. Fifteenth Air Force Marker
San Giovanni Airfield, Italy
1944-1945
"Memorializing those who made the supreme sacrifice"
"Honoring all who served"
Dedicated this third day of October 1986 on the occasion of the group's forty third year reunion.
Erected 1986.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.781′ N, 84° 6.717′ 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, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 5th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 485th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) (here, next to this marker); 367th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 306th Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 99th Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 449th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 357th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
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Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025
2. Fifteenth Air Force Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 57 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 27, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
