According to General George Kenney, McArthur’s air commander in the Southwest Pacific, “Pappy” Gunn played a key role in the success of the 5th Air Force during WWII. Kenney said of Gunn, “He was a gadgeteer par excellence”.

Of the 151 aircraft carriers built in the U.S. during World War II, 122 were escort carriers. The escort carrier, carrying the U.S. Navy hull designator CVE, was a small and slower type of aircraft carrier used by the

One of the final missions of the air war over Europe was the April 25th, 1945, bombing of Linz, Austria by elements of the 15th Air Force flying from bases in southern Italy.

History Presentation Davey “Tokyo” Jones—The Doolittle Raid and the “Great Escape” Prison Camp Saturday, February 22, 2025 Doors Open at 9:00am    Presentation Starts at 10:00am   In response to the Japanese December 7, 1941, attack on Hawaii and the Philippines, President Franklin Roosevelt directed that

Doors Open at 9am         Presentation Begins at 10am The China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) was “the forgotten war” of WWII, but Burma was the linchpin of the war in the Far East.  The invasion of Burma gave Japan a launching point for its

On Saturday, December 14th, at 10:00 a.m., Lead Docent Les Doggrell will present the story of “The Arsenal of Democracy” – how U.S. industry in cooperation with the federal government armed and supplied both the U.S. and its Allies

Operation Dragoon, the highly successful August 1944 invasion of southern France, was one of the largest amphibious landings of WWII. But it was overshadowed by Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, which was launched two months earlier in June

VMF-214 – Greg Boyington and The Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific Saturday, October 12th Doors Open at 8am - Presentation Begins at 9am

Thursday, July 4th—All Day Museum Open 10am to 5pm The National Museum of World War II Aviation will celebrate Independence Day with an all-day event at the museum on July 4th.

Thursday, July 4th—All Day Museum Open 10am to 5pm The National Museum of World War II Aviation will celebrate Independence Day with an all-day event at the museum on July 4th.