CENTEX Wing Museum

The CENTEX Wing Museum
"An excellent display of World War II Artifacts and featuring
the armored seat back from the Number 1 B-25 flown by
Jimmie Doolittle on the Tokyo Raid. It is the only part
of the aircraft ever recovered."


The main artifacts display was designed and built by Col.
Vincent Hack who was on General Douglas Mac Arthur's
staff during World War II.

The World War II artifacts museum is located in a huge wooden World War II hangar and contains weapons, captured documents, uniforms, photos, radios, cameras and aircraft equipments on loan or donated to the Commemorative Air Force. A twelve foot long model of the air craft carrier Hornet is also on display.

Aircraft on display include a Bell P39 Airacobra, a Japanese, Kate Torpedo Bomber and a Zero (replicas built for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora), L-4 and L-8 Liaison aircraft, an American T-34 Mentor trainer, a PT-17 Stearman WW II trainer, a Chinese Yak-18 trainer and a Lockheed T-33 jet trainer. Several Allison 1710, V-12 aircraft engines are also on display.

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