Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
47th Fighter Squadron
Dogpatchers
| | 7th Fighter Command 7th Air Force | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 47th Fighter Squadron Memorial Bench
Haliewa, HI.
7. Dec. 1941
Iwo Jima - Japan
Feb. 1945 - Aug. 1945
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1945.
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Wall #01 Memorial Bench) 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: AC-130A Spectre Gunship II (here, next to this marker); SSgt Forrest Ray Cope (here, next to this marker); 504th Bomb Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); Frederick W. Kaufmann, Colonel, USAF (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 1954E (here, next to this marker); Michael Slepecky, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Class 41-B (here, next to this marker); Air Resupply and Communications Special Operations (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
this page online
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
2. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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via World War Photos, 1945
4. P-51D Mustangs of the 47th Fighter Squadron 15th FG Iwo Jima.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 561 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 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 20, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
