Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
815th Engineer Aviation Battalion
First American Aviation Engineers in England
— 1942 • In Honor of a Fine Group of Men • 1945 —
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion Marker
Algeria-French Morocco (with Arrowhead)
Anzio • Rome-Arno • Naples-Foggia
Sicily (with Arrowhead) • North Appennines
Tunisia • Air Offensive Europe
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 095) 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) (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,
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Regarding 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion. The Arrowhead device was awarded for participating in amphibious landings.
Also see . . .
1. 815th Aviation Engineers Company B in WWII. Buster's War blog entry (Submitted on October 22, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. The Aviation Engineers in Africa and Europe. Army Air Forces in World War II website entry (Submitted on March 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.
2. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.
3. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 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.
