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CAF Southern California Wing Museum

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CAF Southern California Wing Museum
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CAF Southern California Wing Museum
Established1981
Location Camarillo, California, United States
Coordinates 34°12′36″N119°04′54″W / 34.2099447°N 119.0817523°W / 34.2099447; -119.0817523
Type Air museum
Website cafsocal.com

The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. [1] It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force. [2] [3] It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military aviation in World War II. The unit includes a Cadet Program focused on introducing children and young adults to the aviation and aerospace sectors, and provides them scholarship opportunities for flight training. [4]

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Collection

The museum's collection of foreign aircraft is the largest of any Commemorative Air Force wing. [5] Warbird rides are sold on the PBJ Mitchell, SNJ Texans, and PT-19. [6] As of November 2024, it is home to the following aircraft: [7]

Aircraft typePhotoNotesReg.
or S/N [N 1] 		Airworthy
Alon A-2 Aircoupe N5694FYes
Fairchild PT-19B N50426Yes
Fairchild F-24R-46 N77696Yes
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat 'CAF' "Minsi III" (N1078Z) (50673211892).jpg Named Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat.N1078ZYes
Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun, Midland, Texas.jpg Only airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine.N2231Yes
Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero A6M3 Zero N712Z.jpg N712ZYes
North American PBJ-1J Mitchell B-25 Bomber - 47089497854.jpg Named Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857.N5865VYes
North American SNJ-4 Texan N6411DYes
North American SNJ-5 Texan North American SNJ-5 Texan, Commemorative Air Force JP7496374.jpg N89014Yes
North American Navion N91644Yes
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe Spitfire Mk XIV - Chino Airshow 2014 (15422092524).jpg N749DPYes
Curtiss C-46 Commando Curtiss C-46 Commando; N53594@LGB;28.07.1995 (5024425172).jpg Named China Doll. Static display.N53594No
Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch In restoration to airworthiness.N40FSNo
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat '201 - 201 - S' (N7825C) (50885301536).jpg In restoration to airworthiness. [8] N7825CNo
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Cockpit section only.c/n 965306No
North American YAT-28E Trojan In restoration to static display.s/n 51-3788No
Yakovlev Yak-50 Static display.N950DKNo

Though not part of the CAF's fleet, the hangars are also home to the following aircraft:

Aircraft typePhotoNotesReg.
or S/N		Airworthy
Privately owned
Aero L-39C Albatros Named The Pink Jet, painted pink in support for breast cancer patients and awareness.N368LAYes
Beechcraft T-34B Mentor Beech T-34B Mentor N134RR LSideFront TICO 16March2014 (14665542765).jpg N134RRYes
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Stearman N2S-5 N68837 (6238857132).jpg Restored as a PT-13.N68837Yes
Bell UH-1H Iroquois s/n 67-17792No
High Alpha Airshows [9]
Antonov An-2R N50670 Antonov An.2 (8971192644).jpg Named Big Panda II.N50670Yes
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F N117BRYes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ↑ Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America, Sudbourne, England, 2007. ISBN   978-0851303857.
  3. ↑ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN   978-0-9897906-0-4.
  4. ↑ "Cadet Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "CAF Aircraft List (sort by Foreign)" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Warbird Ride Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Aircraft - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "F8F-2 N7825C restoration" CAF 12 Planes of Christmas Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "High Alpha Airshows fleet" High Alpha Airshows Retrieved 28 June 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Aircraft registration or serial number/construction number if aircraft lacks current registration.
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