CAF Southern California Wing Museum
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| Established | 1981 |
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| Location | Camarillo, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°12′36″N 119°04′54″W / 34.2099447°N 119.0817523°W |
| Type | Air museum |
| Website | cafsocal |
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]
Collection
[edit]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 type | Photo | Notes | Reg. or S/N[N 1] |
Airworthy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alon A-2 Aircoupe | N5694F | Yes | ||
| Fairchild PT-19B | N50426 | Yes | ||
| Fairchild F-24R-46 | N77696 | Yes | ||
| Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat | _(50673211892).jpg)
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Named Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat. | N1078Z | Yes |
| Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun | 
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Only airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine. | N2231 | Yes |
| Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero | 
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N712Z | Yes | |
| North American PBJ-1J Mitchell | 
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Named Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857. | N5865V | Yes |
| North American SNJ-4 Texan | N6411D | Yes | ||
| North American SNJ-5 Texan | 
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N89014 | Yes | |
| North American Navion | N91644 | Yes | ||
| Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe | .jpg)
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N749DP | Yes | |
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | .jpg)
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Named China Doll. Static display. | N53594 | No |
| Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch | In restoration to airworthiness. | N40FS | No | |
| Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat | _(50885301536).jpg)
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In restoration to airworthiness.[8] | 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 | .jpg)
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N134RR | Yes | |
| Boeing-Stearman Model 75 | .jpg)
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Restored as a PT-13. | N68837 | Yes |
| Bell UH-1H Iroquois | s/n 67-17792 | No | ||
| High Alpha Airshows[9] | ||||
| Antonov An-2R | .jpg)
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Named Big Panda II. | N50670 | Yes |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F | N117BR | Yes | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America, Sudbourne, England, 2007. ISBN 978-0851303857.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cadet Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "CAF Aircraft List (sort by Foreign)" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Warbird Ride Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Aircraft - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "F8F-2 N7825C restoration" CAF 12 Planes of Christmas Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "High Alpha Airshows fleet" High Alpha Airshows Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Aircraft registration or serial number/construction number if aircraft lacks current registration.
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