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Established | 1981 |
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Location | Camarillo, California, United States |
Coordinates | 34°12′36″N119°04′54″W / 34.2099447°N 119.0817523°W |
Type | Air museum |
Website | cafsocal |
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 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. [4]
The museum's collection of foreign aircraft is the largest of any Commemorative Air Force wing. [5] Warbird rides are sold on the PBJ Mitchell, SNJ Texans, and PT-19. [6] As of November 2024, it is home to the following aircraft: [7]
Aircraft type | Photo | Notes | Reg. or S/N [N 1] | Airworthy |
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Alon A-2 Aircoupe | N5694F | Yes | ||
Fairchild PT-19B | N50426 | Yes | ||
Fairchild F-24R-46 | N77696 | Yes | ||
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat | ![]() | Named Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat. | N1078Z | Yes |
Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 Taifun | ![]() | Only airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine. | N2231 | Yes |
Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 Zero | ![]() | N712Z | Yes | |
North American PBJ-1J Mitchell | ![]() | Named Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857. | N5865V | Yes |
North American SNJ-4 Texan | N6411D | Yes | ||
North American SNJ-5 Texan | ![]() | N89014 | Yes | |
North American Navion | N91644 | Yes | ||
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe | ![]() | N749DP | Yes | |
Curtiss C-46 Commando | ![]() | Named China Doll. Static display. | N53594 | No |
Fieseler Fi 156 D Storch | In restoration to airworthiness. | N40FS | No | |
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat | ![]() | In restoration to airworthiness. [8] | N7825C | No |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF | Cockpit section only. | c/n 965306 | No | |
North American YAT-28E Trojan | In restoration to static display. | s/n 51-3788 | No | |
Yakovlev Yak-50 | Static display. | N950DK | No |
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 |
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Privately owned | ||||
Aero L-39C Albatros | Named The Pink Jet, painted pink in support for breast cancer patients and awareness. | N368LA | Yes | |
Beechcraft T-34B Mentor | ![]() | N134RR | Yes | |
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 | ![]() | Restored as a PT-13. | N68837 | Yes |
Bell UH-1H Iroquois | s/n 67-17792 | No | ||
High Alpha Airshows [9] | ||||
Antonov An-2R | ![]() | Named Big Panda II. | N50670 | Yes |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F | N117BR | Yes |