Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Swiss Internees Association, Inc.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. Swiss Internees Association, Inc. Marker
of
the Gallant Combat Aircrewmen
of the USAAF,
8th, 9th, 12th & 15th Air Forces
who were left in Switzerland,
1943-1945 during WW 2,
with "Everlasting Friends"
Erected by Swiss Internees Association, Inc.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.
Location. 39° 46.753′ N, 84° 6.759′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #063) 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 Ohio’s 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)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 310th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); Operation Babylift (here, next to this marker); 781st Bombardment Squadron (H) (a few steps from this marker); Tuskegee Airmen (a few steps from this marker); 65th Troop Carrier Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 489th Bomb Squadron (a few steps from this marker); Ohioans Who Served in the 8th Air Force (a few steps from this marker); 436th Troop Carrier Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. U.S. airmen imprisoned in Switzerland are finally recognized. CBS News video (2013, 2m 33 s) (Submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. The Curious Story of U.S. Airmen in a Swiss Prison. Popular Military website entry (Submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by Larry Gertner, 1945?
2. USAAF Swiss Internees at Camp Adelboden (aka "Camp Maloney")
The B-17 Museum in Utzenstorf website entry
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
3. Swiss Internees Association, Inc. Marker
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 April 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 570 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on August 31, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on June 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
