Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
1st and 7th Emergency Rescue Squadrons
1943 – 1945
— B-17 with Life Boats [and] OA-10 —
lives of over 400 downed fliers and crews
1st ERS Mediterranean Theater
7th ERS China, Burma and India Theater
Dedicated 7 Sept 2007
Erected 2007.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is September 7, 2007.
Location. 39° 46.778′ N, 84° 6.757′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #2, 055) 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. 36th Bomb Squadron (H) Radar Counter Measure Unit (here, next to this marker); 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron (here, next to this marker); "31 Club" (here, next to this marker); Kyushu Gypsies (here, next to this marker); Col Charles E. Jones, USAF (Ret) (here, next to this marker); 40th Troop Carrier Squadron / 317th Troop Carrier Group (here, next to this marker); Air Defense Command Iceland (here, next to this marker); B-29 Crew #15 (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . .
1. USAAF "Dumbo" Missions. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron website entry (Submitted on April 28, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group. Wikipedia entry:
Successor to the 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron (Submitted on July 30, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 404 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 28, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on April 25, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on April 20, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on July 30, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.