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

47th Fighter Squadron

Dogpatchers

— 7th Fighter Command • 7th Air Force —

 
 
47th Fighter Squadron Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 47th Fighter Squadron Memorial Bench
Inscription.

They fly farthest who fly first

Haliewa, HI.
7. Dec. 1941

Iwo Jima - Japan
Feb. 1945 - Aug. 1945


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1945.
 
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. 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. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
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 . . .  47th Fighter Squadron World War II History
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. Seventh Fighter Command website entry (Submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 
 
Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
2. Memorial Wall #1
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
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P-51D Mustangs of the 47th Fighter Squadron 15th FG Iwo Jima. image. Click for full size.
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 Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   4. submitted on August 20, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.

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