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Wings Remembered is dedicated to preserving the history of airmen and their aircraft.
 
Our museum is filled with groupings of items from airmen that include their uniforms, flight jackets, medals, photos, and documents that together tell the story of each individual.  We display artifacts that have been recovered from crash sites of our aircraft that were lost over foreign soil and while training here in the US.
 
A lot of research goes into the artifacts recovered from crash sites.  In this process we identify the actual aircraft, its mission, and the individual or crew members that were on board.  We also go to great lengths to locate any possible survivors and their families.  In some cases we have had the honor of families coming to see artifacts from the aircraft of their loved ones.
 
You will also find on display a working Norden Bombsight, a B-24 waist window display and so much more.
 

Gene Roddenberry, Co-Pilot, B-17 41-2644 LOS LOBOS of the 394th BS

The Nose Art section from LOS LOBOSGene Roddenberry flew over 80 missions, most of which would have been as Bill Ripley's co-pilot on LOS LOBOS. We have had this section of nose art from LOS LOBOS for more than 20 years.  During this time we had not been able to positively identify the B-17 that this nose art section was from. That changed recently when author and historian Steve Birdsall contacted with this information 

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391st Bomb Group B-26 43-34337 named Homesick Pappy

Bomb Group B 26 43 34337 The Vertical

 

This B-26 was shot down on 24 February 1945 with the loss of the entire crew.  They were Gwen T McPherson (pilot), Dan W Chaney (copilot,) Earl R LaPan (bombardier / navigator,) Wilbur N Beasley (gunner,) Edward Klacik Flight (engineer / gunner,) and John H Boettcher (gunner.)  This mission was number 237 for the bomb group and the primary target was a railroad bridge in Irlich, Germany. 

 

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