CAF Southern California Wing Museum

The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force.Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America, Sudbourne, England, 2007. .Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, Cypress, CA, 2013. . 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."Cadet Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 30 November 2024.

Collection The museum's collection of foreign aircraft is the largest of any Commemorative Air Force wing."CAF Aircraft List (sort by Foreign)" Commemorative Air Force Retrieved 30 November 2024. Warbird rides are sold on the PBJ Mitchell, SNJ Texans, and PT-19."Warbird Ride Program - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 29 August 2019. As of November 2024, it is home to the following aircraft:"Aircraft - CAF SoCal" CAF So. Cal. Wing Retrieved 28 June 2022.

Aircraft type Photo Notes Reg.or S/N Airworthy Alon A-2 Aircoupe N5694F Fairchild PT-19B N50426 Fairchild F-24R-46 N77696 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Named Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat. N1078Z Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun Only airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine. N2231 Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero N712Z North American PBJ-1J Mitchell Named Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857. N5865V North American SNJ-4 Texan N6411D North American SNJ-5 Texan N89014 North American Navion N91644 Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe N749DP Curtiss C-46 Commando Named China Doll. Static display. N53594 Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch In restoration to airworthiness. N40FS Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat In restoration to airworthiness."F8F-2 N7825C restoration" CAF 12 Planes of Christmas Retrieved 28 June 2022. N7825C Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Cockpit section only. c/n 965306 North American YAT-28E Trojan In restoration to static display. s/n 51-3788 Yakovlev Yak-50 Static display. N950DK

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 Beechcraft T-34B Mentor N134RR Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Restored as a PT-13. N68837 Bell UH-1H Iroquois s/n 67-17792 High Alpha Airshows"High Alpha Airshows fleet" High Alpha Airshows Retrieved 28 June 2022.Antonov An-2R Named Big Panda II. N50670 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F N117BR

CAF Southern California Wing Museum

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