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

Flight Test Crews

 
 
Flight Test Crews Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
1. Flight Test Crews Marker
Inscription.

To those who gave their lives
in flight test activities,
this memorial is dedicated
by those who survive.

Flight Test Division,
Wright Field
October 12, 1989

 
Erected 1989 by Personnel of the Flight Test Division, Wright Field.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, ColdWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 46.766′ N, 84° 6.696′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #197) 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, 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: 73rd Bombardment Wing (a few steps from this marker); 493rd Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); 49th Fighter Group/Wing (a few steps from this marker); B-47 Stratojet (a few steps from this marker); 310th Bombardment Wing (M) (SAC) (a few steps from this marker); Giovanni Pirelli
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(a few steps from this marker); 388th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); USAAF Warsaw Uprising Support Memorial (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
 
Also see . . .
1. Wright Field. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

2. Anniversary of supersonic flight: The Chuck Yeager and Wright-Patt connection was always strong. Dayton Daily News website entry (Submitted on November 12, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Flight Test Crews Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
2. Flight Test Crews Memorial
Looking southeast
Flight Test Crews Bust image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
3. Flight Test Crews Bust
NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing:
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Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 616 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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