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WWII
AIR MUSEUM - CAMARILLO
CAF Commemorative Air Force Flying Warbirds
As warbird
exhibits go, its not large, taking up a couple of hangars at the Camarillo
Airport
between the sprawl of Los Angeles and the Pacific
coast, just off Highway 101 as it makes its run through the west valley
to Oxnard and on to Santa Barbara, but the Southern California Wing CAF “Commemorative
Air Force” WWII Aviation Museum is the very active home of war
fighting aircraft enthusiasts, maintaining and rebuilding a growing on
of flying
craft from the 1940s. Most of the aircraft in Camarillo are not static
museum pieces, but and regularly flying in air shows, with some under
the painstaking care of restoration.
The Commemorative
Air Force is a nationwide volunteer group dedicated to keeping alive
the great aviation machines which won victories in the skies around
the world between 1939 and 1945. The restored aircraft on display and
in the workshop undergoing maintenance include Grumman "Bearcat" and “Hellcat” Navy
Fighters, a North American “Mitchell” B-25 Bomber and “Texan” Trainer,
a British star of the “Battle of Britain” Vickers Supermarine “Spitfire”,
very rare flying Japanese Mitsubishi “Zero”, and the first
aircraft of the collection a Curtis C-46 Commando Transport named “China
Doll”. Aside from the aircraft and the working restoration hangers
a display of artifacts, photos, weapons and documents commemorate World
War II as well as aviation combat in the Korean and Vietnam war theaters
takes up a section of one of the hangers. Group guided tours can be arranged
in advance.
ACES: Action-Packed Novel of WWII Fighter Pilots
The CAF WWII Aviation Museum at Camarillo is open every day, except
Mondays, from 10am to 4pm. Admission (donation) is $7.00 for adults;
$4.00 for students 10-18; $3.00 for children 6-9; children under 6. Current
members of the military are free. To see the volunteers working on the
aircraft in the restoration hanger shops come on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays. There is a gift shop for mementos and t-shirts. The Camarillo
Airport is at the Las Posas exit from the 101, with the CAF hanger at
the west end. © Bargain
Travel West
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