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

Kermit K. Beahan

Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret)

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

1. Kermit K. Beahan Marker

Inscription.

Bombardier of Bockscar
that dropped the second atomic bomb
on Japan at Nagasaki 9 August 1945
ending World War II

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 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 (Memorial Wall #1, 123) 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 the 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

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 47th Fighter Squadron (here, next to 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). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. Kermit Beahan. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on October 19, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Kermit K. Beahan. Texan Underground website entry (Submitted on October 19, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

3. Kermit Beahan Obit in New York Times (1989). (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Kermit K. Beahan image. Click for full size.

via Texas Underground, unknown

2. Kermit K. Beahan

Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. Memorial Wall #1

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. Memorial Wall #1

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

5. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

B-29 Superfortress - Bockscar image. Click for more information.

via USAF, unknown

6. B-29 Superfortress - Bockscar

National Museum of the United States Air Force website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on October 19, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on July 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 6. submitted on October 19, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.