California Warplanes

By Harold Skaarup

This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been restored and preserved in the state of California. The aircraft include those flown by members of the US Air Force, the US Navy, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Coast Guard, the Air and Army National Guard units, and by various NATO and allied nations as well as a number of aircraft previously operated by opposition forces in peace and war.

The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active flying squadrons both at home and overseas. 150 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to American military aircraft. For those who would like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers, websites and email addresses have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museums current inventory or that on display as gate guardians throughout the state of California. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type.

Although many of Californias heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and a good number have been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Californias Warplane survivors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Apr 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781475901450

Harold Skaarup

Major (Retired) Harold A. Skaarup, CD2, BFA, MA in War Studies, is a retired Canadian Army Intelligence Officer with an interest in Military History. He has served overseas with 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Germany, with the Candian Airborne Regiment and the United Nations in Nicosia, Cyprus, with the NATO-led Peace Stabilization Force in Sarajevo, Bosni-Herzegovina, with North American Aerospace Defence Command and Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and with the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. He currently resides at his home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Contents

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Warplane Museums and Displays in California

Technical Data on Warplanes on Display in California

Epilogue

Bibliography

About the Author

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the highly professional men and women of the United States Armed Services and the Canadian Forces of Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). Many of them have flown or serviced the military aircraft described in this handbook.

Because of their service, you and I can sleep soundly at night.

Epigraph

California aviator General James Harold Jimmy Doolittle, USAF (14 December 1896 – 27 September 1993) was an American aviation pioneer of instrument flying and of advanced technology, while also being an outstanding combat leader. Doolittle served as a Brigadier-General, Major-General and Lieutenant-General in the United States Army Air Force commanding the 12th, 15th and 8th Air Forces during the Second World War. He earned the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid while a Lieutenant-Colonel.

A month after the Pearl Harbor disaster, at a White House meeting on 4 January 1942, President Roosevelt asked his senior military leaders to find a way to strike back at Japan. At this grim point in the Pacific War, he believed that an air attack against Japan was the best way to bolster American morale. Lieutenant General H. H. Arnold assigned Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle to assemble a group of volunteer pilots and planes for the raid, modify the planes with extra gas tanks and other features, and start a training program to bomb Japan using twin engine B-25 Mitchells launched from the USS Hornet.

Under secret orders, Doolittle’s bombers flew from their training site, Eglin Field in Florida, to McClellan Field in Sacramento, California. After a final series of checks, the B-25s then flew to Alameda Naval Air Station near San Francisco. There 16 twin-engine bombers were loaded by crane onto the deck of the Hornet. This was the maximum number that the planning team of Doolittle, Captain Donald B. Duncan and Admiral Francis S. Low felt could be safely flown off. Doolittle met secretly with Admiral William F. Halsey in San Francisco to go over the final steps of the plan, and on 2 April the USS Hornet steamed out of San Francisco Bay. West of Hawaii, the USS Enterprise and Hornet task groups rendezvoused on 13 April 1942, and the 16 ships set course for Japan with fighters and scout bombers from the Enterprise, Admiral Halsey’s flagship, flying protective cover.

On the morning of 18 April, the planes were loaded with bombs and ammunition, fueled, and spotted on the Hornet’s deck for takeoff. Halsey gave the order to go, sent by flashing light from the Enterprise to the Hornet:

LAUNCH PLANES. TO COL DOOLITTLE AND GALLANT COMMAND GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU –HALSEY.

At 8:20 A.M., 770 miles east of Japan, Doolittle took off from the Hornet in the lead bomber. In just over an hour all 16 of the planes had been launched, each flown by a crew of five. Beginning at 12:15 P.M. the first of thirteen planes struck Tokyo. The other planes hit Kobe, Nagoya, and Yokohama, all with little opposition. When the smoke cleared, the bomb damage was minimal. But the daring one-way mission of 18 April 1942 electrified the world and gave America’s war hopes a terrific lift. As did the others who participated in the mission, Doolittle had to bail out, but fortunately landed in a rice paddy in China near Chu Chow. Some of the other flyers lost their lives on the mission. Doolittle and, eventually, 63 other fliers who came down in China made their way back to the United States. Doolittle was hailed as a hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt and promoted to brigadier general, skipping the rank of colonel. His citation reads:

For conspicuous leadership above and beyond the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, Lt. Col. Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland.¹

The cover photo is of a Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird, NASA 831 from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, streaking across the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force tanker during a 1994 flight. The SR-71B was the trainer version of the SR-71, with dual cockpits to allow the instructor to fly the airplane. NASA Photo ID: EC94-42883-4. (Judson Brohmer Photo, December 1994).

Preface

Military aircraft have held a special fascination for me for most of my life. My father served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for many years, retiring as a Warrant Officer in 1974. As a dependent member of his family, we lived at a number of bases and stations including overseas in Germany and at home in Canada during his service. As both a dependent back then, and in my current service as an Army Intelligence Officer, I have had the chance to see NATO airpower when its list of combat ready aircraft numbered in the thousands. Today, to have hundreds available at any given time would be unusual.

As a member of the Skyhawks Canadian Army Parachute Team, I’ve participated in a good number of air shows where a handful of former front-line warplanes may still be seen aloft. Many have been retired to museums, or they are now standing as gate guardians outside their former airbases. This is particularly true for the State of California. These warplanes are a significant part of our military history, and they deserve to be remarked upon and remembered. For this reason, I felt there was a need for handbooks that could be used as a guide for aviation enthusiasts to point the way to where you can find surviving warplanes and perhaps take the opportunity to visit the museums and display sites where you can view them. This edition is devoted to those historic aircraft that can be found in the state of California.

Many examples of aircraft that saw service with the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), the United States Army Air Force (USAAF), the United States Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the present day United States Army have been or are currently being salvaged and preserved in California, particularly where they are of significant historical interest.

There are unfortunate numbers of former military aircraft that saw service in the skies over the California landscape and waters where no examples exist. Many others have been lost, but a wonderful collection of historic survivors can still be found and viewed in California.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide a simple checklist of where the surviving military aircraft in California are now, and to provide a photograph of each of the major types mentioned. This list is also appended with a brief summary of the aircraft presently on display within the state by location, and a bit of the warplane’s history in the US military. Due to space limitations, the details contained in this handbook are limited to a selection of only those warplanes that can be found in or have a connection with the state of California. If you are interested in other aviation books like this one, they can be found in online bookstores in the Warplane Survivor series. It is my sincere hope that the list of California Warplanes will continue to grow as more of them are recovered and restored. Grant that you find this handbook useful.

Major (Ret’d) Harold A. Skaarup

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge and thank each and every member of the museum staffs, particularly the volunteers of the Air Museums throughout the State of California, for their patience and assistance in helping me to ensure that the data that has gone into the compilation of this handbook is as complete as it can be to the time of printing. Each and every visitor to your museums and aviation displays owes you that same appreciation, and to all of you, thank you for preserving our aviation heritage.

I extend special thanks to the archival staffs in the Library at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; the historians and staff of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio; the National Naval Aviation Museum historians and staffs in Pensacola, Florida; the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia; The Army Historical Foundation, Arlington, Virginia; and The United States Coast Guard Museum, New London, Connecticut. Their patience and assistance has been invaluable in helping me to ensure that the data that has gone into the compilation of this handbook is as complete and accurate as it can be at the time of printing.

A great number of dedicated aviation enthusiasts took the time to respond to my phone calls and e-mails requesting updates to the first guidebook I put together on the subject, "California Warplanes 2002, A handbook on where to find them". I would particularly like to thank Brian Baldridge, CAM Board Member with the Chico Air Museum. Kim DeSimone provided a helpful update on the status of privately owned aircraft at Bud Field Aviation. Deborah J. Manning, Director of Retail & Visitor Services, Planes of Fame Air Museum, provided a thoroughly detailed update on the Museum’s aircraft inventory. Terry Juran, GS-12, Travis Heritage Center, Director, assisted with a detailed update of the Travis Air Museum aircraft inventory. David Hanson and John Telles with the Commemorative Air Force Air Group 1 at El Cajon provided updates on their aircraft collection. John L. Woolley, Executive Officer/Museum Director for the Commemorative Air Force, Southern California Wing, provided revisions as well. Jim Ostrich reviewed and revised the data for the Warplanes West Air Museum at El Cajon. Mark DiCiero provided a meticulously detailed inventory for the Classic Rotors Museum in Ramona. Brian Lockett provided photos of the Warning Star, taken the day it landed at Chino.

Ms. Shayne M. Meder, MSgt, USAF, Ret’d, Marketing/Aircraft Maintenance provided an update on the aircraft inventory for the Wings and Rotors Air Museum, Murrieta. Many Chea, Museum Librarian/Archivist with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum updated the Bureau Numbers for me for his museum’s aircraft. John Telles provided updates for the Commemorative Air Force Air Group 1 based at El Cajon. David Hanson, Curatorial Collections Manager for the USS Midway Museum provided comprehensive documentation for the museum’s aviation asserts.

Dean Craun updated the listing for the Minter Field Air Museum. Frank H. Nichols, Librarian with the Wings of History Air Museum, San Martin, updated the list of aircraft in their collection. Alan Brown, News Chief, Public Affairs/Media Relations/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, updated the extensive list of aircraft for a number of sites related to the Center. Reg Finch with the San Diego Flight Museum advised on the current status of the aircraft in this museum. Pamela Kruse-Buckhingham, Curator, of the Oakland Aviation Museum updated the information on aircraft in her museum. Corrin Quezada provided amendments for the Lyon Air Museum/Martin Aviation in Santa Ana. Jeff Houlihan, Curator of the March Field Air Museum directed me to their website with a complete and detailed listing of the museum’s aircraft including serial numbers.

Tom Hillier updated information on the Hillier Air Museum. Bill Stubkjaer, Curator, Moffett Field Historical Society provided detailed Serial Numbers and information on the aircraft being restored with their museum. LCol (Ret’d) Mike Blohm generously provided photos from a number of museum and aircraft display sites in California for this book. Christen Wright provided a detailed update on the collection of aircraft in the Yanks Air Museum. Katie McGee, Registrar with the Hiller Aviation Museum provided direction and data on the changes to the aircraft inventory in the museum.

Their support and assistance in tracking down the information pertaining to each of the individual aircraft listed here is greatly appreciated. I would like to acknowledge and thank Bob McKellar for his incredible list of Preserved US Military Aircraft (www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/index.html); and Michael A. Blaugher for his invaluable "Guides to Aircraft Museums in Canada and the USA." Again, I would like to extend my thanks to each and every one of you.

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

The Second World War fighter’s engine kicked over with a bang and a burst of smoke as it roared into life. Its’ propeller fanned into a spinning scream of color while the surging flying machine dug its wheels hard into the restraining chocks. In the cockpit, one could catch a glimpse of the pilot’s face sporting a huge oil-streaked grin under his goggles. He raised his left hand and flashed us a thumb up signal as he watched the ground crew step back and remove the starter trolley. We all joined to give a ragged cheer, even as the roar of the engine quickly drowned us out.

It was a beautiful early sunny morning in California, with the sun just creeping over the western hills above an air museum in Los Angeles. Although I was only a guest of the museum, they allowed me the great privilege of assisting their staff by letting me help push their recently restored Messerschmitt Bf 109 out of its hangar for the start up. It was an enervating experience.

Military aircraft have held a special fascination for me for most of my life. My father served in the RCAF for many years, retiring as a Warrant Officer. As a dependent member of his family, we lived at a number of bases and stations at home in Canada and on a fighter base overseas in Germany during the Cold War era. As both a dependent back then, and in my 40 years of military service as an Army Officer in the Canadian Forces, I have had the chance to see NATO airpower when its Order of Battle list of combat ready aircraft numbered in the thousands. Today, to have hundreds available for any mission overseas at any given time would be unusual.

It has been my privilege to serve alongside a good number of the highly professional military men and women of both our nations while serving with them at NORAD on Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs and alongside them in Germany, Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Afghanistan. I have learned much about our common history, and this fascination has led me to write about it and to seek out the stories about the military airmen and women and the aircraft they flew that helped preserve our security when warclouds darkened our skies.

I’ve participated in a good number of air shows as a member of the Skyhawks Canadian Army Parachute Team, often alongside the US Army`s Golden Knights Parachute Team. The airshows often included displays of former front-line warplanes from the Second World War and Cold War eras, although many are now retired to museums or have been mounted on pylons to stand as gate guardians and park memorials. These warplanes are a significant part of our present day military history, and they deserve to be remarked upon and remembered.

Many examples of aircraft that saw service with the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), the United States Army Air Force (USAAF), the United States Navy (USN), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) have been or are currently being salvaged, restored and preserved in this state, particularly where they are of significant historical interest. For that reason, I believe there is a need for a handbook for aviation enthusiasts that can be used as a guide to where you can find those surviving warplanes in the state of California.

There are a number of outstanding military aviators who trained or served in California, and this story is intended as a continuing record of the military heritage that needs to be remembered and preserved for all of those who have served or continue to serve in the Armed Forces on our behalf.

Volunteers working in many of California’s aviation museums have been successful in preserving a good number of retired military aircraft, and many are still being sought and in some cases, being restored to flying condition again. As an aviation artist, photographer and enthusiast, I have attempted to keep track of where these warplane survivors are presently located and to make that information available to others with the same interest. For those of like mind, the purpose of this handbook is to provide a simple checklist of the classic military heritage aircraft that have been preserved in California. The list includes a brief summary of the aircraft presently on display within the state by location, along with a photograph of the major examples and a bit of the warplane’s history in the US military. Due to space limitations, a selection of only those warplanes that can be found in California is provided. If you are interested in other aviation books like this one, they can be found on the Internet at www.SilverHawkAuthor.com and the www.iUniverse.com online bookstore.

It is exciting to see the actual numbers of restored warplanes increasing as a few rare examples are being recovered from their crash sites in the wildlands, traded for, or bought back from owners who have been flying them in other countries. In a few outstanding cases, accurate replicas have been constructed and are making a welcome return appearance. One of the aims of this book is to help an enthusiast track down California’s retired warplanes and to have on hand for reference more detailed information about them such as a serial number and a museum location which might be helpful in learning the history of a particular aviator and the aircraft he or she flew. The aircraft detailed in this handbook are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. The data is also appended with a list of most of the current aircraft found in the various collections and air museums in California.

No list can ever be completely up to date, and therefore, if a reader has additional information to add an update would be most welcome. It is my sincere hope that more of the aircraft like those listed here will one day be added to the list of survivors that have been recovered and restored. Grant that you find this checklist useful.

Major (Ret`d) Harold A. Skaarup

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Warplane Museums and Displays in California

California Warplanes

Alameda Naval Air Museum, 2151 Ferry Point Road, 94501. [phone]. [e-mail], www.alamedanavalairmuseum.org.

The historic legacy of the Alameda Naval Air Station is preserved at the Alameda Naval Air Museum located in the former Air Terminal Building No. 77 at Alameda Point. The museum features archival materials, photographs and stories of the war workers of the Second World War up to the eventual closing of the base in 1997. The museum is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Douglas A-4A Skyhawk (Bu. No. 142200), modified to represent A-4H (Bu. No. 155257), USMC, ME-00, VMA-133, mounted on a pylon.

Vought (LTV) A-7B Corsair II (Bu. No. 154454), ND-400, mounted on a pylon.

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USS Hornet Museum

* Photo. USS Hornet Museum, (Author Photo)

Alameda, USS Hornet Museum, PO Box 460, 707 W Hornet Ave, Pier 3, Alameda CA 94501. [phone]. [e-mail]. www.uss-hornet.org. The USS Hornet (CV-12) aircraft carrier is a museum ship with exhibits from the NASA Apollo moon exploration missions, (the Hornet recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 space capsule), and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period. A number of compartments contain exhibits concerning contemporary carriers that are supported by related associations. The flight deck, hangar deck, and first deck below are open for self-guided tours. Docent-led tours are available into the ship’s navigation and flight deck control areas of the island and down into one of the engineering spaces containing two of the four ship’s propulsion turbines. It is located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda. Open daily 10 AM to 4 PM.

Apollo Command capsule.

Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless (Bu. No. 10508).

Douglas A-4A Skyhawk (Bu. No. 139929).

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Bu. No. 148610), VMA-214, ME-10.

Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk (Bu. No. 158137), 00.

Gemini BP 1102A capsule.

General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcat (Bu. No. 55052), 6, 15, restoration project.

General Motors (Eastern) TBM-3 Avenger (Bu. No. 85560), c/n 2379, 14, (Serial No. 69-375), Reg. No. N6830C.

Grumman F9F-5P Panther (Bu. No. 125316), painted as (Bu. No. 123517), 38.

Grumman F-11A Tiger (Bu. No. 141821), 205, nose section.

Grumman F-14A-140-GR Tomcat (Bu. No. 162689), AD-101.

Grumman US-2B Tracker (Bu. No. 136691), 691.

Kaman SH-2F Seasprite Helicopter (Bu. No. 149021).

Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune (Bu. No. 124359).

Lockheed S-3B Viking (Bu. No. 160599), NG-700.

McDonnell F-4D Phantom II (Bu. No. 148423), project.

McDonnell F-4S Phantom II (Bu. No. 153879), 210.

MQU-004, Apollo 14.

North American FJ-2 Fury (Bu. No. 132057), WR-5, USMC, VMF-312.

North American T-28B Trojan (Bu. No. 529263), painted (Bu. No. 138349), 349.

Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever Helicopter (Bu. No. 124915), UP-8.

Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King Helicopter (Bu. No. 148999), 66, HS-4.

Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse Helicopter (Bu. No. 150553), YZ-63.

Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (Bu. No. 129565), restoration project.

Vought F-8U-1/F-8A Crusader (Bu. No. 143703), NL-412, VF-154.

Vought F-8U-1/F-8K Crusader (Bu. No. 147034), 00, "Clementine", nose section.

Vought (LTV) A-7E Corsair II (Bu. No.)

Anaheim

Boeing B-17G-90-DL Flying Fortress (Serial No. 44-83663), c/n 32304 (-DL), Reg. No. N47780.²

Lockheed C-130A Hercules (Serial No. 56-540), Reg. No. N135FF. Aero Firefighting Svc Co Inc, 631 Manchester, 92802.

Anaheim, A-4I, 8191 East Kaiser Boulevard, 92808.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12639), Reg. No. N130AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12454), Reg. No. N143AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12525), Reg. No. N146AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12532), Reg. No. N147AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12600), Reg. No. N154AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12774), Reg. No. N207AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12825), Reg. No. N218AT.

Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (Serial No. 12916), Reg. No. N228AT.

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 54-661), Reg. No. N4112A.

Anaheim, Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation, 8191 East Kaiser Boulevard, 92808. [phone].

Beechcraft TC-45J Expeditor (Serial No. 67103), Reg. No. N200KU.

Bell P-39N-5-BE Airacobra (Serial No. 42-4949). Recovered from a crash site near Fort Nelson, British Columbia in November 1971.

Bell P-39N Airacobra (Serial No. 42-18814), restoration project.

Boeing B-17G-85-DL Flying Fortress (Serial No. 44-83546), c/n 32187-DL, "Memphis Belle", Reg. No. N3703G. This B-17G owned by David Tallichet³ was a former firebomber converted into a B-17F configuration by installing a Sperry top turret, early-style tail gunner’s compartment and waist gunner’s positions, and omitting the chin turret. It subsequently appeared in the 1990 fictionalized version of the Memphis Belle story, and continues to make air show appearances in that guise. N3703G currently operates out of Geneseo, New York.

Canadair CT-33 Silver Star (Serial No. 133083), Reg. No. N84KK.

Douglas A-20H Havoc (Serial No. 44-0020), c/n 23243, Reg. No. N99385.

Douglas A-26B Invader (Serial No. 43-22602), c/n 18749, painted as 3-2260, Reg. No. N9990Z.

Douglas B-26B Invader (Serial No. 44-34697), c/n 27976, Reg. No. N4807E.

Douglas B-26C Invader (Serial No. 44-35888), c/n 29167, Reg. No. N4810E.

Douglas B-26B Invader (Serial No. 44-34104), c/n 27383, Reg. No. N99420.

Douglas B-26B Invader (Serial No. 44-34423), c/n 27702, Reg. No. N9594Z.

Douglas B-26B Invader (Serial No. 39162), c/n 162, Reg. No. N99425.

Douglas DC-3 (Serial No. 43-49819), Reg. No. N54602.

Douglas DC-3 (Serial No. 43-161-141), Reg. No. N54610.

Douglas DC-3 (Serial No. 43-49206), Reg. No. N54611.

Douglas AD-4W Skyraider (Bu. No. 127922), c/n 7937, Reg. No. N6469Y.

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 54-661), Reg. No. N4112A.

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 54-706), Reg. No. N94DT.

Fieseler (Morane-Saulnier) Fi-156C Storch (Serial No. 724), Reg. No. N42FS.

General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcat (Bu. No. 16161), Reg. No. N4224W. Currently on loan to the Pima Air & Space Museum.

General Motors (Eastern) TBM-3E Avenger (Bu. No. 53804), c/n 3866, X2, Reg. No. N9710Z.

Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIB (Serial No. RS1940), Reg. No. N2009N.

Hispano Aviación SA LA C4K-MIL Buchón (Serial No. 8-109-116-40), Reg. No. N3109.

Junkers Ju 52 (Serial No. T.2B-142), Reg. No. N9012N.

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (Serial No. 53-0500), Reg. No. N223MA.

North American TB-25N (Serial No. 44-86701), c/n 108-47455, Reg. No. N7681C (reported destroyed in a hangar fire at Le Bourget Airport, Paris).

North American TB-25N Mitchell (Serial No. 44-30210), c/n 108-33485, Reg. No. N9455Z.

Martin B-26 Marauder (Serial No. 40-1501), Reg. No. N4299S.

North American T-28A Trojan (Serial No. 389), Reg. No. 99393.

North American T-28A Trojan (Serial No. 122), Reg. No. N99412.

North American T-28A Trojan (Serial No. 222), Reg. No. N99414.

North American T-28D Trojan (Serial No. 51-3565), Reg. No. N8522Z.

North American T-28D Trojan (Serial No. 51-7669), Reg. No. N9860A.

Stinson L-5 Grasshopper (Serial No. 76-709), Reg. No. N29846.

Stinson V77 (Serial No. 77-284), Reg. No. N70012.

Supermarine (Vickers) Spitfire Mk. XVIII (Serial No. IAF HS687), c/n 6S/672224), Reg. No. N41702.

Anaheim, Boysen Park, 951 S State College Blvd. (714-765-5155).

Grumman F9F-6P Cougar (Bu. No. 127484).

Apple Valley Airport, 21600 Corwin Road. [phone]).

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1515), FU-910.

Apple Valley, Lewis Centre for Educational Research, Thunderbird Road and Wichita Road. [phone].

Northrop AT-38A Talon (Serial No. 60-0591).

Atwater, Castle Air Museum, 5050 Santa Fe Drive, 95301-5154. [phone]. Open 1 April to 30 September from 9 AM to 5 PM, and from 1 October to 31 March from 10 AM to 4 PM. www.castleairmuseum.org,

The museum opened in 1981, and currently displays 54 restored Second World War, Korean War, and Cold War era aircraft. The outdoor museum covers 11 acres (45,000 m²), and an indoor museum features photographs, uniforms, war memorabilia, aircraft engines, and a flight deck. A crew of 35 volunteers restores and maintains the aircraft on display. The museum also hosts a periodic open cockpit day in which visitors can actually view the interiors of certain planes. Castle Air Museum is open every day of the year except New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Avro Vulcan B.2 (Serial No. XM605).

Avro CF-100 Mk. 5 Canuck (Serial No. 100504).

Beechcraft C-45G Expeditor (Serial No. 44-11897).

Beech YT-34BH Mentor (Serial No. 50-0735).

Bell UH-13H Sioux Helicopter (Serial No. 56-2217).

Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Serial No. 42-16691).

Boeing B-17G-90-BO Flying Fortress (Serial No. 43-38635), c/n 9613, A-N, "Virgin’s Delight", Reg. No. N3702G.

Boeing B-29A Superfortress, painted as (Serial No. 44-61535) "Raz’n Hell", composite aircraft made from parts of three B-29s, (Serial Nos. 44-70064, 44-61535, and 44-84084).

Boeing B-50D-120-BO/WB-50D Superfortress (Serial No. 49-0351), "Flight of the Phoenix".

Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter (Serial No. 53-0354).

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (Serial No. 55-3139).

Boeing B-47E-DT Stratojet (Serial No. 52-0166).

Boeing B-52D-80-BO Stratofortress (Serial No. 56-0612).

Cessna AT-17/UC-78 Bobcat (Serial No. 43-5776).

Cessna U-3A Administrator Blue Canoe (Serial No. 57-05849).

Cessna O-2A Super Skymaster (Serial No. 67-21413).

Convair L-13A Scorpion (Serial No. 47-0287).

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1413).

Convair F-106A-100-CO, QF-106 Delta Dart (Serial No. 58-0793), 0-72456, painted as (Serial No. 57-2456).

Convair HC-131A Samaritan (Serial No. 5786), 133, painted as Coast Guard (Serial No. USCG 5786).

Consolidated B-24M-5-CO Liberator RE, former PB4Y-1 (Bu. No. 90165), painted as (Serial No. 44-1916), RE, "Shady Lady".⁴

Consolidated RB-36H-30-CF Peacemaker (Serial No. 51-13730), S.

Curtiss C-46D Commando (Serial No. 44-77575), 13.

de Havilland Canada DHC-2/U-6A Beaver (Serial No. 54-1707).

Douglas B-18A Bolo (Serial No. 37-029), R38.

Douglas B-23 Dragon (Serial No. 39-045).

Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Serial No. 43-15977).

Douglas R5D-4/C-54E Skymaster (Bu. No. 90407), (Serial No. 44-9137), c/n 27363, being restored.

Douglas A-26B-35-DL Invader (Serial No. 41-39472), c/n 7185, painted as (Serial No. 44-35648), "Lil Sal", BC-648.

Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior (Bu. No. 144843), (Serial No. 12089), N571HA, c/n 12089.

Douglas A4D-2N/A-4L Skyhawk (Bu. No. 149532), VA-204, AF-401.

Fairchild PT-23 (Serial No. 42-49354).

Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar (Serial No 49-0199), 86.

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 55-4512), WX.

General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark (Serial No. 69-6507).

Grumman HU-16B Albatross (Serial No. 51-7163).

Grumman F-14D-170-GR Tomcat (Bu. No. 164601), 160.

Kaman HH-43B Huskie Helicopter (Serial No. 62-04513).

Kawasaki KAQ-1 Drone.

Link Trainer.

Lockheed C-56B Lodestar (Serial No. 1373), c/n 2035, Reg. No. N1020V.

Lockheed F-80B-1-LO Shooting Star (Serial No. 45-8490).

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 58-0629).

Lockheed F-104D Starfighter (Serial No. 57-1314), c/n 5026, painted as F-104B (Serial No. 57-1312), FG-312.

Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (Serial No. 64-7960), c/n 2011.

Martin B-57E-MA/EB-57E Canberra (Night Intruder) (Serial No. 55-4253).

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 57-0412).

McDonnell-Douglas F-4E-31-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 66-0289), Thunderbird, 6.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15A-12-MC Eagle (Serial No. 74-0119).

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco, ex-Afghan Air Force.

North American AT-6 Texan (Serial No. 37-2684), ex-RCAF Harvard Mk. II, TA-684.

North American B-25J-30/32-NC Mitchell (Serial No. 44-86891), painted as (Serial No. 40-2344).

North American B-45A-1-NA Tornado (Serial No. 47-00008).

North American F-86H-10-NH Sabre (Serial No. 53-1230).

North American F-100C Super Sabre (Serial No. 53-1709), painted as (Serial No. 55-2789).

North American RA-5C Vigilante (Bu. No. 156615).

North American (Rockwell) T-39A-1-NA Sabreliner (Serial No. 61-0664), c/n 265-67.

Northrop YA-9A (Serial No. 71-1367), c/n 01, 1st prototype.

Northrop F-89J Scorpion (Serial No. 52-01927).

Piper L-4 Grasshopper (Serial No. 22318).

Piper L-18C Grasshopper (Serial No. 52-2534).

Piper L-21A Grasshopper (Serial No. 51-15713).

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 51-9433).

Republic F-105B Thunderchief (Serial No. 57-5837).

Ryan PT-22 Recruit (Serial No. 41-20850).

Stinson L-5E Sentinel (Serial No. 76-3419).

Schweitzer SGS 1-26 (TG-3A) Glider (Serial No. 42-53129).

Vought (LTV) RF-8C Crusader (Bu. No. 145607), 909.

Vultee BT-13 Valiant (Serial No. 42-86978), E-205.

Auburn

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (Serial No. 42-97854), c/n 7219, Reg. No. N9094V. Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research. This aircraft ditched in Lageons Fjord, Greenland on 9 April 1944. Recovery attempted in 1999, yet to be recovered.

Hawker Sea Fury T Mk. 20 (Serial No. WE280), c/n ES.8504, # 10, "Critical Mass", Reg. No. N85SF.

Banning City Airport, West Lincoln Street and South Hathaway Street.

[phone].

Radioplane RP-54D Crossbow Drone (Serial No. 64-2965).

Bishop, city static display.

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (Bu. No. 142790).

Boron, city static display, located on old Hwy 58 in center of town; a VFW post.

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 53-1785).

Boron, Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Jr Aerospace Museum, 26922 Twenty Mule Team Road, 93516. [phone]. http://www.saxonaerospacemuseum.com/.

Bensen X-25A Gyrocopter (Serial No. 68-10770).

McDonnell NF-4D-31-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 66-7716), ED.

Turner Monoplane.

X-31 and F-18 HARV models on loan from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

Burbank Historical Society, 1015 West Olive Ave, 91506. George Izay Park. The Society operates the Gordon R. Howard Museum which includes an 1887 Victorian house, a Lockheed Aviation display and other historical artifacts.

Lockheed F-104D-15-LO Starfighter (Serial No. 57-1334).

Burbank, Producers Air Force, 1 Orange Grove Terrace, 91501. [phone].

www.producersairforce.com. Aircraft replicas and cockpit mock-ups for use in the motion picture and broadcast industry.

Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor cockpit, mock-up.

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, WA-285, mock-up.

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk cockpit, mock-up.