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

420th Air Refueling Squadron

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010

1. 420th Air Refueling Squadron Marker

Inscription.

First Air Refueling Squadron
in the Tactical Air Command
England AFB 1954-1955
RAF Sculthorpe, England 1955-1964
KB-29P – KB-50J – Aerial Refueling Tankers

To the memory of those comrades
who made the supreme sacrifice and
those privileged to have served

Erected by Members of the 420th Air Refueling Squadron.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold.

Location. 39° 46.778′ N, 84° 6.757′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial Wall #2, 020) 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: 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 13th “Jungle” Air Force (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 49C (here, next to this marker); The EC-47 ARDF Mission (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 48-C

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(here, next to this marker); B/G Edward J Hopkins (here, next to this marker); 9th Photo Recon Squadron (here, next to this marker); Marvin T. Koerner, P.E. (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 420th Air Refueling Squadron Photos. (Submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Tac Tanker Association. Website homepage (Submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

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
Click for more information.

420th Air Refueling Squadron KB-29P-45-BA Superfortress image. Click for full size.

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5. 420th Air Refueling Squadron KB-29P-45-BA Superfortress

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 633 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on April 20, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on August 13, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.