WWII Aircraft/Military Museums - World Tour

[seesul]

Survey of various Aircraft/Military around the world

We were discussing earlier whether it's better to have a separate thread for each museum, or to combine them all on one thread. I have pics from several museums, so I think I'll post them all on this thread, with links to all the other museums that have had separate threads.





I'll also post a map of the different locations. The idea is so that anyone can find a Museum by location if they are visiting a different state/country, and check out the exibits.

Feel free to post your pics on this thread as well, or post a link if you have them elsewhere.

FlyboyJ posted pics from Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/photos-boaring-business-trip-2040.html

pbFoot posted these from Niagara Hamilton, Ontario

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/pb-s-photos-4053.html

Thorlifter posted these: - Stinson field, Texas

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/texas-air-museum-stinson-field-12401.html

And the Pacific War Museum in Fredricksburg, Texas {near San Antonio}

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/best-weekend-ever-7325.html
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/surprise-small-texas-town-12397.html

Syscom3 posted - March Airfield in Riverside California

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/march-afb-museum-12537.html


EvanGilder posted pics from the Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles, California.
And from Camarillo, California museum + a link to the Virginia Aviation Museum.

Van Gilder Aviation Photography of Southern California- Aircraft at the Estrella Warbird Museum
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/surprises-museum-1207.html
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/virginia-aviation-musuem-12458.html

Str8jax posted pics from the Lone Star Flight museum -Galveston, Texas

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/trip-lone-star-flight-museum-7283.html

Eco-81 posted pics from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/some-good-museums-9776.html#post351978

Der Adler has posted pics from two museums, both near Munich I think.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/off-topic-misc/munich-10217.html





Rochie posted:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/day-air-museum-13080.html

Konigtiger posted pics from the Military Museum {Bucharest, Romania?}

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/off-topic-misc/visit-military-museum-12359.html

Marcel Crashgate both posted pics from the RAF museum in Hendon

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/my-visit-raf-museum-hendon-london-9876.html
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/more-hendon-pictures-9497.html

SeptemberFury posted pics from the Midland museum in England

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/post-war/what-i-do-midland-air-museum-5104.html

Thanks to Comiso for the link to the Russian Air Museum in Monino

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/russian-air-force-museum-monino-9895.html


Wildcat posted pics from the South Australian Aviation Museum in Adelaide, South Australia

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/train-plane-museum-visit-10654.html

And also the RAAF museum in Victoria

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/museum-pics-10027.html


Douglas Jr. posted pics from the Brazilian Aviation Museum

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/warbird-displays/wings-dream-brazilian-aviation-museum-7013.html

Freebird,

how could you forget about me
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/august-29-1944-museum-sanov-czech-republic-9882.html
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/august-29-1944-museum-slavicin-czech-republic-9884.html

 

[seesul]

We also have a nice museum in Prague-Kbely
http://www.vhu.cz/cs/stranka/letecke-muzeum/expozice-Kbely/
Sorry, the link is in Czech but at least you can see the aircrafts they have there.
They also have Spitfire IXE but I dunno why it´s not included in the list.
BTW it´s the only museum in the world with both one-seated and double-seated versions of ME-262.

The museum was founded in 1968, in the area of the historic military airfield Prague-Kbely, the first air base built after the constitution of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Due to both the quantity and quality of its collections, it is one of to the largest air museums in Europe. Currently the collections contain 275 aircrafts, 85 of which are exhibited in four indoor halls, 25 are displayed in the open air, 155 are stored in depositories, and 10 planes, fully operational, are still in service. Many aircraft are unique in the world.

The exposition is closely related to the history of Czechoslovak and Czech aviation, especially its military branch. Several other types of foreign important aircraft are also exhibited for comparison, together with numerous aircraft engines, parts of airframes, armament, uniforms, banners, marks of distinction and other relics related to the history of Czechoslovak and Czech aviation.

The museum is open in the summer season, i.e. from May till October, every day except Monday from 9.30 AM to 6 PM.

Admission is free of charge.

To get to the museum, take bus No. 110, 185, 259 or 280 from Českomoravská underground station (stop Letecké museum).

One more link
Kbely Airmuseum-Letecke Muzeum-Praha

 

[Freebird]

Freebird,

how could you forget about me

I have added your links at the top, I will try to add it to the map tomorrow after work.

 

[v2]

Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie

 

[Njaco]

That one pic from Hill AM looks like the school house from "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"!

I'm going to see if I have any pics of Millvile Army Airfield Museum.

 

[trackend]

My contribution is a couple of old threads from the Imperial war museum (London) and HMS Belfast (also London) next time I go to Duxford I'll do a walk through photo journal.
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/visit-imperial-war-museum-london-2572.html
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/visit-hms-belfast-2561.html

 

[seesul]

I have added your links at the top, I will try to add it to the map tomorrow after work.

O.K., 4given! 8)

 

[Freebird]

For the next Museum I went behind the Iron Curtain, to the Ukraine National Aircraft Museum, in Kiev.

 

[Freebird]

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[Freebird]

Unfortunate, but there was only 1 WWII aircraft {the Yakolev} but everything else was Cold War.

 

[Wayne Little]

Great shots Freebird!

 

[Freebird]

Thanks Wayne!

By the way, I tried to use the first 2 posts on this thread to list all of the Museum threads that everyone has posted, so if you guys from down under have any museum threads, post the link here, I will edit into the list on the first post. If there are more than a few from down under I will post a map too!


Back to the pics - here is the one only WWII bird, it's a Yak 9

 

[Freebird]

If I understand the sign correctly it is a Yak-9 "M"

 

[Freebird]

I'm not quite sure what "Symbolic fighter" means, I wonder if it is a replica?

 

[Freebird]

Here is the Su-25 "Frogfoot" ground attack aircraft. It was supposedly designed as an equivilent to the A-10 "Warthog"

 

[Freebird]

An Su-15 "Flagon" Interceptor, with 2 Su-17 "Fitter's" in the background

 

[pbfoot]

Vintage Wings of Canada Home
absolutely great website
Canada Aviation Museum – Musée de l'aviation du Canada
Both Located in Ottawa Vintage wings has 15 restored and flying warbirds including P40 , Corsair Spit 51 Hurri Lysander Swordfish and so on
and the Canadian aviation museum

 

[Wayne Little]

Great pics Freebird!

Good links PB!

 

[lesofprimus]

Great thread Freebird.....

 

[Freebird]

Located in Ottawa Vintage wings has 15 restored and flying warbirds including P40 , Corsair Spit 51 Hurri Lysander Swordfish and so on
and the Canadian aviation museum

I'll put Ottawa on the map too!

Great thread Freebird.....

Thanks Les! I figured it would be good to have one thread to link up all of our museums.

Sorry these latest pics are a bit mixed up, the photoshop didn't put them in order on the disc...