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

19th Fighter Squadron

 
 
19th Fighter Squadron Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 19th Fighter Squadron Marker
Inscription.

World War II - Pacific Theater:
Pearl Harbor Day 1941
until the war ended - 1945
Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Guam, Tinian,
Iwo Jima, I E Shima, Okinawa

The 19th flew and maintained
P40s, P47s, and P38s.
In aerial combat, the 19th never lost
a plane - while shooting down over
70 Japanese fighters and bombers!


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.
 
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 049) 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 (here, next
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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 . . .  19th Fighter Squadron. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on July 29, 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
Memorial Wall #1 image. Click for full size.
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 locations
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P-47N of the 19th Fighter Squadron of the 318th Fighter Group with a full payload image. Click for full size.
via 413th Fighter Group (SE), unknown
5. P-47N of the 19th Fighter Squadron of the 318th Fighter Group with a full payload
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 476 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on March 12, 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 July 29, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.

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