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 a variety of flyable historic aircraft — maintained and operated entirely by volunteers — as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and historical artifacts. The unit features a Cadet Program which introduces kids and young adults to the aviation and aerospace sectors, and provides them scholarship opportunities for flight training.[4]
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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 |
Collection
editThe museum's collection of foreign aircraft is the largest of any Commemorative Air Force wing.[5] As of November 2024, it is home to the following aircraft:[6]
Airworthy
- Alon A-2 Aircoupe c/r N5694F
- Fairchild PT-19B c/r N50426
- Fairchild F-24R-46 c/r N77696
- Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Minsi III c/r N1078Z
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun c/r N2231
- Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero c/r N712Z
- North American PBJ-1J Mitchell Semper Fi c/r N5865V (only surviving PBJ-1)
- North American SNJ-4 Texan c/r N6411D
- North American SNJ-5 Texan c/r N89014
- North American Navion c/r N91644
- Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe c/r N749DP
Warbird rides are sold on the PBJ-1J Mitchell, SNJ Texans, and PT-19.[7]
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Static/Restoration
- Curtiss C-46 Commando China Doll c/r N53594
- Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch c/r N40FS
- Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat c/r N7825C[8]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF c/n 965306 (cockpit section only)
- North American YAT-28E Trojan s/n 51-3788
- Yakovlev Yak-50 c/r N950DK
Though not part of the CAF's fleet, the hangars are also home to the following aircraft:
High Alpha Airshows[9]
- Antonov An-2R Big Panda II c/r N50670
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F c/r N117BR
Privately Owned
- Aero L-39C Albatros c/r N368LA[10]
- Beechcraft T-34B Mentor c/r N134RR
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois s/n 67-17792
- Boeing-Stearman Model 75 c/r N68837 (restored as a PT-13)
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "Aircraft - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Warbird Ride Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "F8F-2 N7825C restoration" CAF 12 Planes of Christmas Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "High Alpha Airshows fleet" High Alpha Airshows Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "The Pink Jet" Retrieved 30 November 2024.
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