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

309th Fighter Squadron

31st Fighter Group

— 8th • 12th • 15th Air Forces —

309th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. 309th Fighter Squadron Marker

Inscription.

World War II Campaigns
Dieppe Raid to V-E Day

Air Offensive, Europe
Algeria-French Morocco with Arrowhead
Tunisia • Sicily with Arrowhead
Naples-Foggia • Anzio • Rome-Arno
Normandy • Northern France
Southern France • Northern Apennines
Rhineland • Central Europe
Po Valley • Air Combat, EAME Theater

Dedicated to those who served

Dedicated 3 September 1996

Erected 1996.

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 3, 1996.

Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 038) 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

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(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 . . . 309th Fighter Squadron - WWII. WWII Aircraft Performance website entry (Submitted on March 11, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

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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309th Spitfires, Pomigliano, Italy March 1944 image. Click for full size.

via WWII Aircraft Performance, 1944

5. 309th Spitfires, Pomigliano, Italy March 1944

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 11, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on March 8, 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. 5. submitted on August 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.