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

376th Heavy Bombardment Group

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

1. 376th Heavy Bombardment Group Marker

Inscription. This memorial honors and pays tribute
to the bravery of all our comrades who,
from early 1942, served in and with the
376th Heavy Bombardment Group

Egypt-Libya • Sicily • Naples-Foggia
Rhineland • Southern France • Tunisia
Rome-Arno • Normandy • Po Valley
EAME Theater • Europe • Central Europe
Northern France • Apennines • Anzio

Distinguished Unit Citations:
North Africa and Sicily
Ploesti, Roumania
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Dedicated September 1987

Erected 1987 by 376th Heavy Bombardment Group, Inc. Veterans Association.

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

Location. 39° 46.779′ N, 84° 6.776′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #136) 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

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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: 345th Bombardment Group (here, next to this marker); 389th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); 341st Fighter Squadron (a few steps from this marker); Staff Sgt Joseph J. Terbay (a few steps from this marker); 392nd Bomb Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); 459th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 805th Engineer Aviation Battalion (a few steps from this marker); 7th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 376th Heavy Bombardment Group, Inc. Veterans Association. Association website homepage (Submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. 376th Bomb Group Oral Histories at Ball State University.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

(Submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40657) nicknamed "GI Ginnie" of the 376th Bomb Group image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, unknown

3. B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40657) nicknamed "GI Ginnie" of the 376th Bomb Group

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 893 times since then and 24 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 7, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.