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

315th Troop Carrier Group

Hdqtrs, 34th, 43rd, 309th, 310th Sqdns.

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

1. 315th Troop Carrier Group Marker

Inscription.

Respectfully dedicated to our comrades who gave their lives during World War II while serving with the

315th Troop Carrier Group

Campaigns
American Theater, Sicily, Normandy,
Naples-Foggia, Northern France,
Rhineland, Central Europe

Erected by WWII 315th Troop Carrier Group Association.

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, 125) 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

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(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 . . .
1. 315th Troop Carrier Group Association WWII. Association website homepage (Submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

2. Troop Carrier Groups of World War II. Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association website entry (Submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

3. 315th Troop Carrier Group. American Air Museum in Britain website entry (Submitted on August 2, 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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C-47 Skytrains of the 315th Troop Carrier Group in flight. image. Click for full size.

via American Air Museum in Britain, 1944?

5. C-47 Skytrains of the 315th Troop Carrier Group in flight.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on July 4, 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. 5. submitted on August 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.