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

49th Fighter Squadron • 14th Fighter Group (TE)

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

1. 49th Fighter Squadron - 14th Fighter Group (TE) Marker

Inscription.

England 1942
North Africa 1942-1943
Sicily 1943
Corsica 1944
Italy 1943-1945

This plaque is placed here in memory of our comrades as an everlasting tribute to their heroic sacrifices.

4 July 1986

Erected 1986 by 49th Fighter Squadron 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 4, 1986.

Location. 39° 46.761′ N, 84° 6.743′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #126) 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

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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: 455th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (here, next to this marker); Col. David T. McKnight (here, next to this marker); Association of Former Prisoners of War in Romania (here, next to this marker); 68th Fighter Squadron (a few steps from this marker); Ohioans Who Served in the 8th Air Force (a few steps from this marker); 492nd Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); Army Air Corps Enlisted Pilots (a few steps from this marker); 47th Fighter Squadron (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. 49th Fighter Squadron. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 24, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. 49th Fighter Squadron. 15th Air Force website homepage (Submitted on July 1, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. 49th Fighter Squadron Association. Association website homepage

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

2. 49th Fighter Squadron • 14th Fighter Group (TE) Marker

(Submitted on July 1, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

49th Fighter Squadron pilots and P-38 Lightning image. Click for full size.

via 49th Fighter Squadron Association, 1942

4. 49th Fighter Squadron pilots and P-38 Lightning

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 626 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on August 24, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.