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CAF Southern California Wing Museum
The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force. 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.

Collection

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

Aircraft type Photo Notes Reg.
or S/N 		Airworthy
Alon A-2 Aircoupe N5694F Yes
Fairchild PT-19B N50426 Yes
Fairchild F-24R-46 N77696 Yes
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Named Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat. N1078Z Yes
Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun Only airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine. N2231 Yes
Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero N712Z Yes
North American PBJ-1J Mitchell Named Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857. N5865V Yes
North American SNJ-4 Texan N6411D Yes
North American SNJ-5 Texan N89014 Yes
North American Navion N91644 Yes
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe N749DP Yes
Curtiss C-46 Commando Named China Doll. Static display. N53594 No
Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch In restoration to airworthiness. N40FS No
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat In restoration to airworthiness. N7825C No
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Cockpit section only. c/n 965306 No
North American YAT-28E Trojan In restoration to static display. s/n 51-3788 No
Yakovlev Yak-50 Static display. N950DK No

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

Aircraft type Photo Notes Reg.
or S/N 		Airworthy
Privately owned
Aero L-39C Albatros Named The Pink Jet, painted pink in support for breast cancer patients and awareness. N368LA Yes
Beechcraft T-34B Mentor N134RR Yes
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Restored as a PT-13. N68837 Yes
Bell UH-1H Iroquois s/n 67-17792 No
High Alpha Airshows
Antonov An-2R Named Big Panda II. N50670 Yes
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F N117BR Yes

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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