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

451st Bombardment Squadron

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

1. 451st Bombardment Squadron Marker

Inscription.
In honor
of
the men who served in the
451st Bombardment Squadron
322nd Bombardment Group (M)

Flew 301 combat missions in
B-26 Marauders from
England, France and Belgium during WWII
6 Campaigns in European Theatre of Operations

Distinguished Unit Citation;
ETO, 17 July 1943 - 24 July 1944

“Our Fallen Comrades Are Not Forgotten”

Activated: MacDill Field, Florida - 17 July 1942
Inactivated: Camp Kilmer, New Jersey - 11 December 1945

Dedicated - 17 July 1986

Erected 1986.

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

Location. 39° 46.801′ N, 84° 6.753′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial #120) 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) 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: 13th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 385th Bomb Group (H) (a few steps from

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this marker); 98th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker); 7th Combat Cargo Squadron (a few steps from this marker); 58th Bomb Wing (a few steps from this marker); Khobar Towers Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 7th Photo Group (a few steps from this marker); Fifth Airdrome Squadron (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 451st Bomb Squadron. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on November 8, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 4, 2009

2. 451st Bombardment Squadron Marker

Second marker on right of walkway. Looking southeast.

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map and marker listing
Click for more information.

B-26 Marauder ((SS-T, s/n 41-17995) "Mister Period Twice" of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Gro image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain website entry, November 1942

4. B-26 Marauder ((SS-T, s/n 41-17995) "Mister Period Twice" of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Gro

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,597 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on November 8, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.