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

308th Fighter Squadron • 31st Fighter Group

Return With Honor

— 8th Air Force • 12th Air Force • 15th Air Force —

31st Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010

1. 31st Fighter Group Marker

Inscription.

In Memory of Those Who Served

First U.S. Fighter Group in Combat in ETO
571 Aerial Victories in Group • 33 Aces
Top Scoring Ace in Mediterranean Theater
First Axis Plane Shot Down in ETO by U.S. Group

Dedicated 8 June 1995

Erected 1995.

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 8, 1995.

Location. 39° 46.744′ N, 84° 6.725′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #203) 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: 68th Air Service Group (here, next to this marker); 8th Attack Squadron (here, next to this marker); B-52 Stratofortress (here, next to this marker); 368th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); 33rd Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 405th Fighter Group

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(a few steps from this marker); 437th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker); MSgt Robert L. Frazier (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 308th Fighter Squadron. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on August 1, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. 31st Fighter Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 1, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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.

Mechanics ready Spitfire Mk V HL-J of U.S 308th Fighter Squadron, 1942 image. Click for full size.

via World War Photos, 1942

3. Mechanics ready Spitfire Mk V HL-J of U.S 308th Fighter Squadron, 1942

308th Fighter Squadron • 31st Fighter Group Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 28, 2025

4. 308th Fighter Squadron • 31st Fighter Group Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 810 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 1, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on July 1, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.