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

68th Fighter Squadron

World War II

— 13th Air Force —

68th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 68th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription.

Campaigns
China Defensive / Guadalcanal / New Guinea
Northern Solomons / Bismarck Archipelago
Western Pacific / Leyte

Operations
Air defense of Tongatabu, June-October 1942.
Combat in South and Southwest Pacific,
November 1942 - August 1945.
The last 13th Air Force mission of World War II was flown by 68th pilots against Singapore Harbor, 13 August 1945.

Dedicated by 68th Fighter Association,
16 July 1988.

Erected 1988 by the 68th Fighter Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is July 16, 1988.

Location. 39° 46.766′ N, 84° 6.741′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial 125) 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: 492nd Bomb Group (here, next to this marker); Headquarters Squadron, Air Service Command (here, next to this marker); 49th Fighter Squadron • 14th Fighter Group (TE)

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(a few steps from this marker); Association of Former Prisoners of War in Romania (a few steps from this marker); 455th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (a few steps from this marker); Col. David T. McKnight (a few steps from this marker); 5th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); TAC Tankers Association Memorial (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 68th Fighter Squadron Fact Sheet. (Submitted on May 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on May 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

2. 68th Fighter Squadron Marker

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 531 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.