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

318th Fighter Group

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

1. 318th Fighter Group Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated to all members of the
318th Fighter Group
World War II – Pacific Theater

The 318th flew P47D’s off carriers in the invasion of Saipan. Strikes were made on Guam, Tinian, Rota, Truk and Iwo Jima. From Ie Shima, strikes were made on Okinawa and Kyushu, Japan. The 318th continued their tour until the end of the war. They lost 6 planes in dog fights and downed 164 Japanese planes. The 318th ground crew operated under sniper fire, keeping planes armed, repaired, and serviced. We thank them for their devotion.

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

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, 065) 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

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(here, next to this marker); The EC-47 ARDF Mission (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 48-C (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 . . . 318th Fighter Group History. Army Air Corps Museum website entry (Submitted on May 3, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

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

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
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P-47D Thunderbolts of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan image. Click for full size.

via WW2 Database, 1944

5. P-47D Thunderbolts of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan

Taken aboard Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay. Note bomb splashes from an aerial attack by four D3A Aichi “Val” dive bombers during refueling operations east of Saipan, Jun 23 1944.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 654 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 3, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 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 3, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.