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Category: navy
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021
April 21, 2021 Portage, MI – Excitement is building at the Air Zoo as they announce a competition of mass proportions to complete the restoration of the Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless (Bu. No. 2173) and the F-117 Nighthawk Shaba (tail number 817) in 2021.
Anyone who has visited the Air Zoo, or follows them on social media, knows that one of their most inspiring experiences is housed in the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center. Since 2013, the Air Zoo has proudly boasted one of the...
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Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021
Monday, Mar 1, 2021
Taken from original 2016 Press Release:
The Douglas Dauntless Dive-Bomber Bureau Number SBD-2P 2173, an historic World War II Navy aircraft built by Douglas Aircraft Company 1 and once thought lost forever in Lake Michigan, will soon begin a very important phase of her long history. This aircraft will soon be transferred to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum 2 to undergo a full expert restoration over the next several years. This rescue effort that was begun by Mr. Fred Turner 3 ,...
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Monday, Mar 1, 2021
Thursday, Jul 25, 2019
DOUGLAS A. MUNRO
WWII COAST GUARDSMAN
Medal of Honor
Submitted by Don Sanborn
The Wall of Honor at the Guadalcanal Museum displays those who were awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the Guadalcanal campaign. Included are honorees from several U. S. military services and various ranks. Unique is U. S. Coast Guardsman Douglas A. Munro in that he is, to date, the only member of the U. S. Coast Guard to ever receive the Medal of Honor.
Douglas...
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at Thursday, Jul 25, 2019
Monday, Jun 10, 2019
The Air Zoo had a very special visitor on Thursday, June 6th. Rear Admiral Samuel J. Cox, U.S. Navy (Retired) serves as the director of the Naval History and Heritage Command and Curator of the Navy. He is responsible for the Navy's museums, art and artifact collections, the research library, 150 million pages of archives, and for collecting and interpreting U.S. Naval history throughout the world. Admiral Cox spent the day at our Flight Discovery Center with the...
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Monday, Jun 10, 2019