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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Missouri for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However other USAAF commands (Air Technical Service Command ...
In February 1941, the War Department selected the Springfield municipal golf course as the location for soon to be O'Reilly General Hospital. The city of Springfield donated the golf course to the government. [1] Adjacent to the 160-acre property was the Pythian Home of Missouri built by the Knights of Pythias. [2]
After learning about World War II aircraft as a child, Mike George, the son of George Alarm Company founder Donald J. George, bought his first warbird, a T-34 in the 1980s. [1] [2] [failed verification] He purchased another airplane, a P-51D, in 1989 and founded the museum together with his father the same year in a 10,000 sq ft (930 m 2) hangar.
Air Combat Museum, Springfield; Frasca Air Museum, Urbana [50] [51] Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Cahokia Heights closed; Heritage in Flight Museum, Lincoln; Illinois Aviation Museum, Bolingbrook; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago; Naval Air Station Glenview Museum, Glenview; Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul – closed
Fire Museum of Missouri, Willow Springs [63] [64] First Due Museum, Hazelwood [65] Fred Bear Museum, Springfield, now incorporated into the Archery Hall of Fame; General Sweeny's Museum of Civil War History, Republic, closed in 2005 [66] International Bowling Museum, St. Louis, moved to Arlington, Texas in 2010; Memoryville USA, Rolla, closed ...
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Missouri" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A World War II veteran received the Congressional Gold Medal on Friday, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Congress. ... According to the National War Museum, more than 243,000 mariners served ...
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