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

1st - 6th Aircraft Repair Units (Floating) and 1st - 18th Aircraft Maint Units (Floating)

1944 -USAAF - 1945

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

1. 1st - 6th Aircraft Repair Units (Floating) and 1st - 18th Aircraft Maint Units (Floating) Marker

Inscription.

Air Depot Liberty Ships and Maintenance Unit Auxiliary Vessels supported air operations in the Western Pacific. Army, Navy and Merchant Marines combined to provide aircraft repair shops, specialty services, mobile maintenance, defensive gunnery, salvage and rescue operations. Their helicopters operating from shipboard helipads and amphibious vehicles served island locations.

Dedicated by Veterans 3 Oct 97 FARAMA reunion.

Erected 1997 by Floating Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Association (FARAMA).

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 065) 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. 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)

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(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. Top Secret Project Ivory Soap - Aircraft Repair Ships. United States Merchant Marine website entry (Submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

2. Aircraft Repair Ships of WWII. Eagle Speak website entry (Submitted on July 19, 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

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
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Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 485 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.