Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
71st and 341st Air Refueling Squadrons
4060th Air Refueling Wing
| | Strategic Air Command | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
1. 71st and 341st Air Refueling Squadrons Marker
Dow Air Force Base, Maine
January 1955 to June 1966
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold.
Location. 39° 46.779′ N, 84° 6.685′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #254) 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: 50th Troop Carrier Tactical Airlift Airlft Squadron (here, next to this marker); 447th Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); USAAF Warsaw Uprising Support Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Strategic Air Command (a few steps from this marker); 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 4th Ferrying Group (a few steps from this marker); 4th Fighter Squadron (a few steps from this marker); Flying Cadet Class 41-E (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine
this page online
2. Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Cole Museum Quilt Honors 709 Who Served at Dow AFB. Bangor Daily News website entry (Submitted on January 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 4, 2010
2. 71st and 341st Air Refueling Squadrons Marker
Looking northwest
via Achertron, unknown
3. KC-97 Stratotanker of 341st Air Refueling Squadron
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park and markers listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 742 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 17, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
