RapidFireWeb Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (USN Photo) A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4F Skyhawk (BuNo. 154186) of Attack Squadron 144 (VA-144) “Roadrunners” in flight. VA-144 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) from 20 April 1970 to 12 November 1970. This was the last deployment for both VA-144 … Read more
Curtiss SOC Seagull (USN Photo) USN Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, commanding officer of Auxiliars Scouting Squadron 1 (VGS-1), makes the 2000th landing on the escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1), 20 April 1942. He was flying a Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull. Note the lowered flaps and the deployed leading edge slats on the upper wing. The Curtiss … Read more
Pueblo, Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, 31001 Magnuson Avenue, Pueblo, CO, 81001. The PWAM unique to the state of Colorado, and is a tribute to American military airmanship and is the largest collection of vintage aircraft on the Eastern Range of Colorado. On 30 June 1972 the first aircraft, a Douglas A-26 Invader … Read more
Windsor Locks, New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096. The New England Air Museum is situated at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut midway between Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts. Take I-91 North or South to Exit 40 (Rte 20). Take the second right exit off Route 20 and turn … Read more
Colorado Springs, Edward J. Peterson Air & Space Museum, 150 East Ent Avenue, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1303. Telephone: 719-556-8278, FAX: 719-556-8509. The museum is located on Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB) in Building 981 at the intersection of Peterson and Ent Boulevards. Peterson Air Force Base is approximately seven miles east of Colorado Springs on … Read more
Colorado Springs, United States Air Force Academy, CO 80840-5151. Tel: 719-333-2025 (Visitor Center), or 333-4674 (Library Special Questions Desk) “In 1949 the Secretary of Defense, James Forestall, created a committee to recommend a general system of education for service officers. Within a year, this advisory group reported that only an air academy, separate from both … Read more
Consolidated B-24 Liberator The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found here are by the author, … Read more
Denver, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Hangar Number 1, Building 401, Lowry Campus, 7711 East Academy Blvd, Denver, Colorado, 80220. Tel: 303-360-5360; FAX: 303-5328. The museum is located at the site of the former Lowry AFB, 7711 East Academy Blvd, Denver, Colorado. During the Second World War a great number of aircrew … Read more
Connecticut Warplanes (USGOV-PD Photo) Curtis XO-12’s issued to the 118th Observation Squadron in the late 1920s. (San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives Photo) Republic P-47N Thunderbolt P-47N-15-RE (Serial No. 44-89316), 118th FS, 103rd FG, Connecticut National Guard. The modern Connecticut ANG received federal recognition on 7 August 1946 as the 103d Fighter Group at … Read more
Preserved Colorado Warplane Aspen Aero L-39 Albatros (Serial No. 332801), Reg. No. N43882. J & E Holdings, PO Box 12345, Aspen, CO 81612-9237. Beechcraft T-34A Mentor (Serial No. G-285), Reg. No. N874Z. William S. Greenwood, Box 4778, Aspen, CO 81612. North American P-51D Mustang (Serial No. 44-73704), C/N 122-40244, “Weaver’s Nude“, Reg. No. N6168C. Michael … Read more
