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

7th Bombardment Group

The First and The Last

 
 
7th Bombardment Group Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009
1. 7th Bombardment Group Marker
Inscription.
In memory of those who made the
supreme sacrifice for their country
while serving with the
7th Bombardment Group
1941 - 1945
May They Not Have Died in Vain

Combat Squadrons
9th • 11th • 22nd • 88th
436th • 492nd • 493rd
and Support Units

Pearl Harbor • Java • India
Australia • Middle East
Burma • China

Two Distinguished Unit Citations

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 46.769′ N, 84° 6.781′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #134) 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,
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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: 90th Bomb Group (H) B-24 (here, next to this marker); 13th Bombardment Squadron (Light-Night Intruder) (a few steps from this marker); 381st Bomb Group (H) B-17 and 432nd Air Service Group (a few steps from this marker); Staff Sgt Joseph J. Terbay (a few steps from this marker); 13th Bomb Sqdn., 3rd Bomb Gp. (a few steps from this marker); 376th Heavy Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 341st Fighter Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 345th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
 
Also see . . .
1. 7th Bombardment Group. Army Air Corps Library and Museum website entry (Submitted on May 29, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. 7th Bombardment Group/Wing 1918-1995 Book Preview. (Submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker sites listing
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B-24 "Shoot, You're Faded" of 7th Bombardment Group image. Click for full size.
via eBay, 1986
3. B-24 "Shoot, You're Faded" of 7th Bombardment Group
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 717 times since then and 7 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 May 29, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
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