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

AC-130A Spectre Gunship II

Ubon RTAB, Thailand

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

1. AC-130A Spectre Gunship II Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated to the aircrews, maintenance and support personnel who helped pioneer the combat employment of the AC-130 Gunship in Southeast Asia

Donated by 1968-1969 AC-130 "Spectre"
Commander's Crew
Lt Col Tom Simone
Capt Mauri Galey • Maj Bill Crafton
Capt Gerry Harris • Capt Larry Flinn
TSgt Glenn Furbee • SSgt Vince Marrazzo

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

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 (Memorial Wall #1, 097) 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: 47th Fighter Squadron (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

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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 . . .
1. Birth of the Spectre Gunship. Spectre Association website entry (Submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. Lockheed AC-130. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 20, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

3. AC-130 Gunship Videos at YouTube. (Submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.

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

2. Memorial Wall #1

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. Memorial Wall #1

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and markers listing
Click for more information.

AC-130A Spectre Gunship image. Click for full size.

Public Domain by TSgt Bill Thompson, 1984

5. AC-130A Spectre Gunship

An AC-130A Hercules gunship aircraft performs a pylon turn near Hurlburt Field, Florida during a training mission. The aircraft is from the 919th Special Operations Group, Eglin Air Force Base Auxiliary Field 3 (Duke Field), Florida.

AC-130A at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in the spring of 1969 image. Click for full size.

via USAF, 1969

6. AC-130A at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in the spring of 1969

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 885 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on July 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 6. submitted on March 20, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.