CAF Southern California Wing Museum


The CAF Southern California Wing Museum is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force. It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military aviation in World War II. The unit includes a Cadet Program focused on introducing children and young adults to the aviation and aerospace sectors, and provides them scholarship opportunities for flight training.

Collection

The museum's collection of foreign aircraft is the largest of any Commemorative Air Force wing. Warbird rides are sold on the PBJ Mitchell, SNJ Texans, and PT-19. As of November 2024, it is home to the following aircraft:
Aircraft typePhotoNotesReg.
or S/N
Airworthy
Alon A-2 AircoupeN5694F
Fairchild PT-19BN50426
Fairchild F-24R-46N77696
Grumman F6F-5 HellcatNamed Minsi III and marked as David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat.N1078Z
Messerschmitt Bf 108 D-1 TaifunOnly airworthy example outside of Europe with an original Argus engine.N2231
Mitsubishi A6M3 Mod. 22 ZeroN712Z
North American PBJ-1J MitchellNamed Semper Fi. Only surviving original PBJ-1, BuNo. 35857.N5865V
North American SNJ-4 TexanN6411D
North American SNJ-5 TexanN89014
North American NavionN91644
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIVeN749DP
Curtiss C-46 CommandoNamed China Doll. Static display.N53594
Fieseler Fi 156 D StorchIn restoration to airworthiness.N40FS
Grumman F8F-2 BearcatIn restoration to airworthiness.N7825C
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MFCockpit section only.c/n 965306
North American YAT-28E TrojanIn restoration to static display.s/n 51-3788
Yakovlev Yak-50Static display.N950DK

Though not part of the CAF's fleet, the hangars are also home to the following aircraft: