Smaller museums

Three excellent museums with a lower aircraft count

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, Georgia

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina

The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana



National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, Georgia

Crowded with fascinating displays about the Mighty Eighth, especially its close connections with Europe and the UK, they have very recently completed their loving restoration of the B-17G.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Boeing B-17G Fortress front fuselage 3 41-24487 Fightin' Sam
Boeing B-17G Fortress 44-83814 '43-39049 339049' City of Savannah. Ex N66571, CF-HPB. Rebuilt as a composite of XA-BEC, 41-2451 and 44-83812.
Boeing NTB-47B Stratojet 50-0062  
Boeing Stearman B75N1 Kaydet N555J 555 Ex USN 38190
McDonnell ADM-20C Quail   Decoy cruise missile which could replicate a B-52. Previously designated GAM-72B.
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II 64-0815  
MiG-17A Fresco-A 46 red Ex Bulgarian AF 46, in false Vietnam Air Force markings.
North American P-51D Mustang replica '414061' Little One III



Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina

The museum is focused on the carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), but there is also destroyer and a submarine, plus a recreation of a Vietnam war advanced base. Lots here to interest everyone.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra 159210 USMC
Bell UH-1D Iroquois 65-10132 US Army
Bell UH-1M Iroquois 66-15005 005 Ex US Army, in USN markings.
Bendix RIM-8 Talos   First-generation long range surface to air missile
Boeing Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight 154009 YR-29 USMC
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 149623 AH-353 USN
Douglas AD-4N (A-1D) Skyraider 127007 505 USN
Douglas ERA-3B Skywarrior 146457 049 '007' USN
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless 36173 14 USN
Grumman (General Motors) TBM-3E Avenger replica 53842 2 USN. The original used to be here, but is now in the Intrepid Museum in New York.
Grumman A-6E Intruder 152599 USN
Grumman E-1B Tracer 147225 RR-710 USN
Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat 3956 F-15 USN
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat 79593 00 USN
Grumman F-14A Tomcat 159025 AD-101 USN
Grumman S-2E Tracker 151657 NU-22 USN
Grumman TF-9J Cougar 147385 116 11 USN
Lockheed S-3B Viking 159731 NJ-733 USN
LTV A-7E Corsair II 159291 AC-301 USN. The port side is marked as A-7A '153176 AC-300'
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 162435 MB-204 USMC
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II 153077 AC-101 USN
North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29784 USAF Furtle Turtle. Ex NL5078N (N5078N), N122B, N2DD, N2XD
Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King (S-61B) 149932 AR-420 USN
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse (S-58A) 147171 USMC, was with the USN 1968-72.
Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet 07526 USN
Vought (Goodyear) FG-1D Corsair 88368 21 USN
Vought F-8C Crusader 146939 NL-407 USN. Left side unmarked except for a roundel and the text "CHANCE-VOUGHT F-8U CRUSADER" and "OPERATION ONE GRAND".



The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

Huge museum, recently expanded with the US Freedom Pavillion (The Boeing Center) which has very high aerial walkways from which to view the aircraft.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-9032 32 My Gal Sal. Made an emergency landing in Greenland in 1942, and was recovered over 50 years later.
Douglas C-47A Skytrain 42-93096 Veteran of the Normandy Landings and the Berlin Airlift. Then OH-LCE, Finnish AF DO-12, G-BLXV, N58NA.
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 06508 41 USN
Grumman (General Motors) TBM-3 Avenger 69374 '017' USN ex N9650C
North American TB-25N Mitchell 44-29812 N2854G USAF ex N2854G.
North American P-51D composite '569 7' On the right, Miss Kentucky state. On the left, Bunnie.
Supermarine Spitfire LFVb BL370 SH-J D-Day survivor lost in the Humber Estuary in 1944 and recovered in the '80s. Restored with new wings.

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