Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
341st Fighter Squadron
The "Blackjack" Squadron
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
1. 341st Fighter Squadron Marker
341st Fighter Squadron,
348th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force
Pacific Theater WWII
Dedicated 26 September 1986
Erected 1986.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.781′ N, 84° 6.782′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #144) 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, 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.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 345th Bombardment Group (here, next to this marker); 805th Engineer Aviation Battalion (here, next to this marker); 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 376th Heavy Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 389th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); Staff Sgt Joseph J. Terbay (a few steps from this marker); 438th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker); 453rd Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. 341st Fighter Squadron. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Ode to the 341st Fighter Squadron. One Pilot's War blog entry (Submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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via Wikipedia, 1945
3. P-47D of 341st FS at Morotai 1945
Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,155 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 3, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
