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US Air Force Museum

Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

[Overview] [Exhibition]

Description:

The largest aviation museum in the world. The museum is located on the ground of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. It is housed in a building complex with the administration, the shop and the IMax Cinema and in three giant halls where the exhibitioin is located. Right beside this is the histrical Wright Field flight line. Remote to the museum on the AFB itself some more hangars are in use by the museum for some more aircraft of the collection and restauration facilities. Due to security reasons access may be limited. The collection itself is in every aspect extraordinary. It is compiled from every phase of military aviation with spotless restored aircraft. WIth more than 200 aircraft, a number of aero engines and weapons are on display, too.

Adress:

Open hours:

Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio 45433 USA

Open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day only.

How to get there:

At the southern end of the Wright Patterson AFB, 7ml east of Dayton/Ohio. Drive I675, exit 15 (south of Fairborn). Follow the signs.

  A tip from the editors:
 Call before planning a trip.

On display / assets:

Aeronca L 3 B Grasshopper

Liaison and observation airplane , 1941
 

Airco DH 4

Fighter , 1918 , Replika
 

Beech AT 11 Kansan

Training aircraft , 1937
 

Beech C 45 H Expeditor

Utility Transport , 1937
 

Beech UC43 Traveller

private aircraft, liaison aircraft , 1932
 

Beech C 45 H Expeditor

Commuter , 1937 , 210893
 

Bell P 39 Q Airacobra

Fighter / Fighter Bomber , 1943
 

Bell UH 1 D Huey

Transport Helicopter , 1961
 

Bell X 5

Experimental Aircraft , 1944
 

Bell X 3 Stiletto

High speed experimental aircraft , 1954
 

Bell X 1 B

High speed experimental airplane , 1948
 

Blériot SPAD XIII

Fighter , 1917
 

Blériot XI Monoplane

Pioneer and Reconnaissance , 1911
 

Blériot SPAD XVI

Reconnaissance , 1917
 

Blériot SPAD VII

Fighter , 1916
 

Boeing P 12 E

Fighter Aircraft
 

Boeing P 26 A Peashooter

Fighter interceptor , 1932
 

Boeing Stearman PT 13 Kaydet

Basic Trainer , 1934
 

Boeing B 17 G Flying Fortress

Heavy Bomber , 1942 , Shoo Shoo Baby
 

Boeing B 29 Superfortress

Heavy strategic bomber , 1942 , Boxcar
 

Boeing B 29 Superfortress

Heavy strategic bomber , 1942 , "Command Decision"
 

Boeing B 52 G Stratofortress

Heavy strategic bomber , 1952
 

Boeing RB-50 Superfortress

Heavy bomber , 1948
 

Boeing KC-97 L Stratofreighter

Transport Aircraft , 1948
 

Boeing NKC-135 Stratotanker

Airborne Laser Laboratory
 

Caproni CA 36

Heavy Bomber , 19118 , 11504
 

Cessna OH 1 Bird Dog

Observation Airplane , 1951
 

Cessna O 2 A

General aviation aircraft, observation aircraft , 1961
 

Cessna A 37 Dragonfly

Light Attack Aircraft, Ground Support Role , 1955
 

Cessna UC 78 Bobcat

Commuting Airplane , 1938
 

Cessna LC-126 A

Light Utility Transport , AR949
 

Cessna T 37 Tweet

Light Attack Aircraft, Ground Support Role , 1955
 

Consolidated PT 1 Trusty

Trainer Aircraft , 1925
 

Consolidated B 24 D Liberator

Heavy long range bomber , 1939
 

Consolidated PBY 5 A Catalina

Flying Boat / Sea Surveillance , 1939
 

Convair F 106 Delta Dart

Fighter interceptor with nuclear warhead , 1956
 

Convair B 36 Peacemaker

Strategic bomber and reconnaissance , 1953
 

Convair B 58 Hustler

Strateic bomber , 1958
 

Convair F 106 Delta Dart

Fighter interceptor with nuclear warhead , 1956
 

Curtiss Model D Type IV Pusher

Reconnaissance Aircraft , 1911 , Replika
 

Curtiss JN 4 D Jenny

Trainig and multi purpose aircraft
 

Curtiss P 6 E Hawk

Fighter Intercepor , 1930
 

Curtiss P 36 A Hawk

Fighter interceptor , 1936
 

Curtiss P 40 E Warhawk

Fighter , 1938
 

Curtiss AT 9 Fledgling

Advanced trainer , 1941
 

Curtiss C 46 D Commando

Transport Aircraft
 

Curtiss O 52 Owl

Observation aircraft
 

De Havilland DH 82 A Tiger Moth

Trainer , 1932
 

De Havilland DH 98 B Mosquito Mk.35

Bomber, tactical reconnaissance and pathfinder , 1940
 

DeHavilland Canada C-7 A Caribou

STOL Transport aircraft , 1958
 

Douglas O 38 F

Reconnaissance Aircraft , 1930
 

Douglas A 24

Dive Bomber , 1940
 

Douglas A 20 G Havoc

Mid-size bomber
 

Douglas A 26 C Invader

Heavy fighter/bomber , 1942
 

Douglas A 1 J Skyraider

Carrier based ground attack aircraft , 1956
 

Douglas B 18 A Bolo

Bomber and ASW aircraft , 1936
 

Douglas C 47 D Dakota

Transport Aircraft , 1941
 

Douglas B 66 Destroyer

Bomber , 1954
 

Douglas C 39 A

Transport Aircraft , 1939
 

Douglas C-133 A Cargomaster

Heavy Transport Aircraft , 1956
 

Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II

Heavy Transport Aircraft , 1949
 

Eberhart SE 5 E

Fighter , 1916
 

EC135xxx

 

Fairchild PT 19 A Cornell

Primary trainer , 1937
 

Fairchild 24 C 8 F Argus

Light liaison- and instruction aircraft , 1940
 

Fairchild Republic A 10 A Thunderbolt II

Ground attack aircraft, tank buster , 1972
 

Fairchild Republic A 10 A Thunderbolt II

Ground attack aircraft, tank buster , 1972
 

Fairchild C-82 A Packet

Transport aircraft
 

Fairchild C 119 J Flying Boxcar

Transport aircraft , 1953
 

Fairchild C-123 K Provider

Transport Aircraft , 1949
 

Fieseler Fi 156 C1 Storch

Reconnaissance and liason airplane , 1939
 

Fieseler FI 103 V1

Flying bomb , 1940
 

Focke Achgelis FA 330 Bachstelze

Unpowered rotary wing aircraft for use from submarines , 1938
 

Focke Wulf FW 190 D9

Fighter-bomber , 1942
 

Fokker Dr. I Dreidecker

Fighter , 1917 , Replik
 

Fokker D VII

Fighter , 1918
 

General Dynamics F 111 E Aardvark

Heavy fighter bomber , 1964
 

General Dynamics F 16 A Fighting Falcon

Fighter Bomber , 1974
 

Grumman Goblin

Experimental fighter , 1956
 

Grumman X 29 A FSW

Experimental Fighter , 1985
 

Grumman OA-12 Duck

Utility amphibious flying boat
 

Grumman HU 16 Albatross

Sea patrol and ASW aircraft , 1958
 

Halberstadt CL IV

Reconnaissance and mail aircraft , 1918
 

Interstate L 6 Grasshopper

Light aircraft , 1940
 

Junkers Ju 52/3M Tante Ju

Airliner and transport , 1935
 

Kaman HH 43 B Husky

Transport Helicopter and Firefighter , 1956
 

Lockheed P 38 L Lightning

Fighter bomber , 1938
 

Lockheed F 80 Shooting Star

Fighter bomber and tactical reconnaissance aircraft , 1944
 

Lockheed F 94 A Starfire

Fighter Interceptor , 1950
 

Lockheed / Boeing F 22 Raptor

Fighter Bomber , 1997
 

Lockheed F 94 B Starfire

Fighter Interceptor , 1958
 

Lockheed F 104 A Starfighter

Fighter / Bomber , 1963
 

Lockheed SR 71 Blackbird

Strategic Reconnaissance , 1967
 

Lockheed F 117 A Night Hawk

Stealth fighter bomber , 1981
 

Lockheed C-60 A Lodestar

Transport , 1942
 

Lockheed EC 121 D Constellation

Radar Early Warning Aircraft , 1953
 

Lockheed AC-130 Spectre

Ground Attack Aircraft , 1955 , "Azazel"
 

Loening OA 1 A

Amphibious Sea Surveillance Aircraft , 1926
 

Macchi MC 200 Saetta

Fighter , 1937
 

Martin B 10 B

Light Bomber , 1932
 

Martin B 26 G Marauder

Medium size bomber , 1940
 

Martin B 57

Bomber , 1958
 

Martin X-24 B

Reentry Experimental Aircraft , 1973
 

McDonnell Douglas F 15 Eagle

Fighter bomber , 1978
 

McDonnell Douglas F 4 C Phantom II

Fighter bomber
 

McDonnell RF 101 C Voodoo

Fighter bomber , 1954
 

Messerschmitt Me 262 A1 Schwalbe

Fighter , 1944
 

Messerschmitt Me 163 B Komet

Short range interceptor , 1944
 

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G10

Fighter , 1941
 

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG 15 NATO Fagot

Fighter , 1947
 

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG 17

Fighter , 1950
 

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG 23 MLD

Fighter bomber , 1978
 

Nieuport N 28 C 1 Bébé

Fighter , 1917 , Reproduktion
 

Noorduyn C 64 A Norseman

Liaison aircraft , 1939
 

Nordujn ???

 

Northrop A 17 A

Dive bomber , 1936
 

North American NA 57

Trainer
 

North American B 25 D Mitchell

Medium Bomber , 1938
 

Northrop P 61 C Black Widow

Heavy Nightfighter , 1942
 

North American P 51 D Mustang

Fighter , 1941
 

North American A 36 A Invader

Ground support aircraft , 1939
 

North American F 82 B Twin Mustang

Long-Range Escort and Nightfighter , 1945
 

North American T 6 D Texan

Trainer, light ground attack plane , 1941
 

North American F 86 A Sabre

Fighter , 1954
 

North American F 86 H Sabre

Fighter , 1954
 

North American F 100 Super Sabre

Fighter bomber
 

Northrop F-89 J Scorpion

All weather fighter interceptor , 1948
 

North American OV 10 A Bronco

Ground attck and target display aircraft , 1965
 

North American X-15 A2

High speed experimental aircraft , 1962
 

Northrop X-4

Experimental Aircraft , 1948
 

North American B 70 Valkyrie

Prototype strategic supersonic bomber , 1964
 

North American F 86 D Sabre-Dog

Fighter , 1954
 

North American O 47 B

Reconnaissance aircraft , 1934
 

Packard Lepere LUSAC 11

Fighter - Reconnaissance Aircraft , 1917
 

Piper L 4 Grasshopper

Basic flight instruction, liason and recconnissance , 1940
 

PREDATOR

Fighter Bomber
 

Republic Seversky P 35

Fighter
 

Republic P 47 D Thunderbolt

Fighter Bomber , 1940
 

Republic F 84 Thunderjet

Fighter bomber , 1950
 

Republic F 84 F Thunderstreak

Fighter bomber , 1950
 

Republic F 105 D Thunderchief

Fighter bomber , 1955
 

Republic F 105 G Thunderchief

Fighter bomber , 1955
 

Rockwell B 1 A Lancer

Strategic bomber - preproduction , 1978 , 60174
 

Ryan PT 22 Recruit

Training aircraft , 1926
 

Ryan X-13 Vertijet

VTOL Experimental AIrcraft , 1955
 

Sikorsky R 4 B Hoverfly

Helicopter , 1940
 

Sikorski R 6 A

Light multi purpose helicopter , 1946
 

Sikorsky UH 19 B Chickasaw

Medium transport helicopter , 1949
 

Sikorski 24 (?) Transporthubschrauber

, 1943
 

Sikorski YH-5 A Dragonfly

Light Multi-purpose Helicopter
 

Sopwith F 1 Camel

Fighter , 1917 , Replika
 

Standard J 1

Two seat primary trainer , 1917
 

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V

Fighter , 1936 , MA863 XR-T
 

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX

Fighter aircraft , 1939
 

Taylorcraft L 2 M Grasshopper

Liasion aircraft , 1937
 

Thomas-Morse S 4 C Scout

Training , 1917
 

TOMAHAWK

Fighter Interceptor
 

Verville Sperry M1 Messenger

Reconnaissance and liaison aircraft , 1923
 

Vought A 7 E Corsair II

Carrier based attack aircraft , 1965
 

Waco CG 4 A

Transport glider , 1944
 

Wright Military Flyer

Training and Reconnaissance , 1909 , Replika , 1
 

Wright Model B

Training , 1911
 

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka

Manned flying bomb , 1944
 

Zweimot Transport