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

10th Fighter Squadron

50th Fighter Group

— In Memoriam —

10th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 10th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription.

This plaque is a lasting memorial to those individuals from the 10th [F]ighter [S]quadron who paid the ultimate price in defense of the free world.

World War II Citations
Distinguished unit citations
ETO, 13-20 March 1945;
Germany, 25 April 1945;
Order of the day, Belgian Army
6 June - 30 September 1944;
French Croix de Guerre

Campaigns
Air Offensive, Europe • Normandy
Northern France • Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace • Central Europe

Dedicated October 1996

Erected 1996.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1945.

Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 014) 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

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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 . . . 10th Fighter Squadron. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on October 8, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

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 marker listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 30, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on March 31, 2016, 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.