Warplanes of the USA: Colorado, Pueblo, Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum

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 arrived on site, followed soon thereafter by a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star. The other aircraft currently on display are on loan from the various military services with the exception of the McDonnell Douglas F-101, recorded as having a civilian owner.

Located six miles east of the city on Highway 50 at the Pueblo Memorial Airport, the aircraft display and the International B-24 Memorial museum occupy space on what was the Pueblo Army Air Base during the Second World War. The museum is open to the public seven days a week. Admission is $4.00 per person.

Members of the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society, a volunteer group of ex-military and civilian personnel, manage and operate the aircraft display as well as performing the repair and restoration of the aircraft.

The Society is open to all who wish to join and become a part of the team dedicated to preserving the aviation history of the city of Pueblo. The organization may be contacted by writing to: Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society, 31001 Magnuson Ave., Pueblo, 81001.

The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, home of the International B-24 Museum is building a database of former Consolidated B-24 Liberator/Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator and Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft crew members. The database will help veterans locate friends and serve as a source for historical research. Veterans or family members of veterans wishing to add the names of former crew members to the data base may contact the museum and request a B-24 Crew Member Form. Aircraft on display in the museum:

(Lance Barber Photo)

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Alexander Eaglerock 24 Longwing, owned by the Colorado Aviation Historical Society transferred from Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver to the PWAM on 20 Sep 2013, on long-term loan.

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Bell UH-13J Sioux Helicopter (Serial No. 14941), Reg. No. N3682.

Bell UH-1C Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 65-9484), C/N 1384.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 72-21508).

(Robert Frola Photo)

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Boeing/Stearman PT-13D Kaydet (Serial No.), Reg. No. N1944S. Owned by Rudy Eskas since 1979. 9-cylinder version.

(Sean Skaarup Photo)

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Boeing B-29-60-BN Superfortress (Serial No. 44-62022), c/n 11499, “Peachy”. This aircraft is currently on display inside the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum an is named in honour of all the crews who fought in the Pacific Theater. A B-29 by that name was piloted by a native of Pueblo, Lt. Robert T. Haver, who gave it his pet name for a younger sister. The original "Peachy" flew 35 combat missions into enemy territory from Tinian Island in the Marianas Islands chain in the central Pacific. This aircraft was donated to the museum in 1976 by the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. In 2005 it was moved indoors.

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Boeing B-47E Stratojet (Serial No. 53-2104), C/N 44450.

Cessna T-37B Tweet (Serial No. 67-22253).

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Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (BuNo. 128451), project.

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Convair HC-131A Samaritan (Serial No. 5794).

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Douglas C-47/R4D Skytrain (Serial No. 42-93328).

(Sean Skaarup Photo)

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Douglas A-26C Invader (Serial No. 44-35892).

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Douglas F-6A/F-4D-1 Skyray (BuNo. 134936), AJ-105.

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Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar, USMC (BuNo. 131688), C/N 10855, 689.

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 80-0499).

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Grumman F9F-8 Cougar (BuNo. 138876). This aircraft has been repainted in a white and red scheme as NAVY ATU-202, SE 19, 219.

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Grumman F11F-1 Tiger (BuNo. 141853).

LiM-2 (MiG-15), (Serial No. 1B01205).

LiM-5 (MiG-17), (Serial No. 1C1303 ).

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Lockheed SP-2E Neptune (BuNo. 128402), C/N 426-5248, painted as (BuNo. 151353), VP-19.

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Lockheed F-80A Shooting Star (Serial No. 137939), painted as (Serial No. 91872).

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Lockheed T-33B Shooting Star (Serial No. 137939), USMC colours.

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Lockheed RB-37 Ventura (Serial No. 44-449), AJ311. This aircraft has been moved to the National Museum of the USAF at Dayton, Ohio.

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McDonnell Douglas A-4D-2 Skyhawk (BuNo. 147702), 512. Painted in USMC VMA-214, this aircraft will be repainted as a USN fighter from VA-12, USS Shangri-La, ca 1970.

(Robert Frola Photo)

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McDonnell F-101A Voodoo (Serial No. 53-2418).

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial No. 79-0022). During the first Gulf War (1990-1991), Capt Donald "Muddy" Watrous shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 using this aircraft.

North American F-86D Sabre Dog (Serial No. 52-3653), C/N 190-56.