On our recent trip to Dayton, Ohio for Mini Meet East, we again visited the Air Force Museum. Wonderful as always, although we only spent a few hours there. It's free, so we feel we got our money's worth, and then some! The Museum is located on the grounds of Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. Be sure to allow plenty of time!
P-51D Mustang
P-51D Mustang
These French boxcars, known as Forty and Eight's, were used to haul troops, Allied POWs to prisoner-of-war camps, and Holocaust victims to the death camps. This diorama depicts US POWs being delivered to a POW camp. The Forty and Eight referred to the cars' supposed capacity were 40 men or 8 horses. Frequently as many as 90 people were forced onto these cars.
Nose Art
C-47s were used to snatch gliders into the air.
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