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

89th Troop Carrier Group

Feb. 1942 - April 1944

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89th Troop Carrier Group Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 89th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated to all the men who trained or served as members of the HQs, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th, and 31st Squadrons

Dedicated 18 June 1988

Erected 1988.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is June 18, 1988.

Location. 39° 46.742′ N, 84° 6.772′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #152) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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

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the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 312th Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); 463rd Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); 339th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); 30th Bombardment Group (a few steps from this marker); 489th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 461st Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); Tuskegee Airmen (a few steps from this marker); 781st Bombardment Squadron (H) (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on December 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Troop Carrier Groups of World War II. (Submitted on December 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 458 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.