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

Pilot Class 42-I

 
 
Pilot Class 42-I Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
1. Pilot Class 42-I Marker
Inscription.

Dedicated to all Pilots who
graduated Class 42-I from
all eighteen advanced bases

[Dedicated 9 September 1994]

 
Erected 1994 by Members of Pilot Class 42-I.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is September 9, 1994.
 
Location. 39° 46.727′ N, 84° 6.749′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #239) 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 the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 491st Bombardment Group (H) (here, next to this marker); Major Richard A Keylor Sr (here, next to this marker); State of Ohio Pearl Harbor Survivors (here, next to this marker); Major General Frederic H. Miller, Jr., USAF (a few steps from this marker); Airmen of World War I (a few steps from this marker); 60th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker);
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Navigators and Observers (a few steps from this marker); 474th Fighter Group (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 January 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. USAAF Training During World War II. (Submitted on January 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Pilot Class 42-I Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
2. Pilot Class 42-I Marker
Second marker on left side of walkway, looking east
NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 404 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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