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

Lt Col Lee R Gulley Sr

1920 - 1998

— Command Pilot —

 
 
Lt Col Lee R Gulley Sr Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. Lt Col Lee R Gulley Sr Marker
Inscription.

Lead Pilot, 453rd Bombardment Group
2nd Combat Wing, 2nd Division.
Completed 30 bombing missions over
Germany and France. Awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
and Army Commendation Medal for
heroism/extraordinary achievements in
aerial combat.

 
Erected by his Wife, Children and Grandchildren.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Valor in Aerial Operations series list.
 
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, 124) 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.
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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); 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. 453rd Bombardment Group. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. 453rd Bomb Group. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. Memorial Wall #1
Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. Memorial Wall #1
NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 373 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on July 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2. submitted on July 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   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.
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