Under restoration at Planes of Fame Air Museum. This Airacobra was taken on charge by the USAAF with s/n 42-4949. It served in Alaska during World War II. The long length of the rear-retracting, non-steering nosewheel can be seen. The gaps in the wing root are for the oil cooler and radiator intakes. The automobile type door frame is visible. This model was fitted with the V-1710-85 engine and a slightly larger Aeroproducts propeller, but it made little difference to the low top speed, rate of climb and poor performance at higher altitudes.

Inside Planes of Fame Air Museum's B-17G under restoration. This aircraft was delivered as 44-83684 on 7 May 1945, too late to see action in WW2. It went into storage in Texas and was converted to a DB-17G drone director aircraft to control radio-operated QB-17 target aircraft. In this role it participated in the 1951 Op Greenhouse nuclear tests and flew the last operational mission for the USAF on 6 Aug 1959. The staggered waist gun positions can be seen with the starboard gun moved forward by three fuselage frames. The seated Plexiglas windows afforded more comfort at combat altitude.

Delivered to the US Navy as 17799 in 1942. Withdrawn from use in 1945. To the MGM studios for use as a film prop. Never used and stored. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1970. Registered as N83782 in 1977 and restored to airworthy condition. Current on the register with them in 2025.

Ex-Chinese Air Force. On restoration to airworthy condition. Later registered as N87CN

Shusui (Swinging Sword) on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum. Japan acquired manufacturing rights for the Me-163 but no intact examples reached, all being sunk aboard submarines. A single engine and instruction manual reached Japan, which managed to construct a functional copy within months. MXY8 Akigusa training gliders were completed, and the prototype J8M1 powered by a Toko Ro.2 rocket motor took to the air on 7 Jul 1945 but crashed after the engine flamed out, killing the pilot. The 900 kmh interceptor would have been armed with two wing-mounted 30mm cannon and flown by 312 Kokutai.

Val awaiting restoration at Planes of Fame Air Museum. The D3A1 was powered by a 1,070 hp Kinsei 44 radial engine and could carry a 250kg GP bomb. Kido Butai embarked 141 Vals of which 51 from Zuikaku and Shokaku flew the first strike against airfields at Oahu and the fleet at Pearl Harbor and 78 from Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu flew the 2nd strike. Renowned for its dive bombing accuracy, the Val dominated the early Pacific War but suffered after late 1942. This D3A2 Model 22 with a Kinsei 54 engine was assigned to Zuikaku Air Group. It was abandoned on Ballale airfield and recovered in 1968.

Airworthy SBD-5 at Planes of Fame Air Museum. This combat veteran was delivered on 18 Jun 1943. It went from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, being assigned as NZ5062 to No. 25 Sqn RNZAF. The unit was based at Piva Airfield from Mar 1944, flying missions over Bougainville and against Rabaul, by which time the Japanese bastion had been considerably weakened. The museum acquired USMC BuNo 28536 in 1959 and it was restored to flight in 1987. The SBD-5 was the most numerous model, with 2,965 being built. This model saw a single cowl flap on both sides and the pilot's telescopic sight deleted.

Only Zero in the world with an original Sakae engine prior to its flying display at Planes of Fame Air Museum. This A6M5 Model 52 was built by Nakajima in May 1943. It was assigned to 261 Kokutai or Tora (Tiger) unit formed at Kagoshima on 1 June 1943. The unit moved to Saipan in Feb 1944, whence the aircraft was captured at Asilito. After attrition 261 Kokutai was disbanded on 10 July 1944 and the surviving personnel joined 201 Kokutai. The Zero was shipped to the USA aboard USS Copahee, after which it was evaluated in mock combat. Charles Lindbergh and Corky Meyer also flew this Zero.

ex N3445, I-DOGI, OH-LRG

ex RAF XP538

Ordered for the USAAF as 42-105192. Transferred to the RCAF as 858 in 1943. Sold as N1197N in 1947. Converted to dispense iodide pellets for weather modification in 1955. Damaged in a wheels up landing near Denver, CO in 1958. Trucked to the Air Museum, Ontario, CA in 1960 for restoration. Moved to the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino in 1977. First flew after restoration as N85104 in 1980 and maintained in airworthy condition as a warbird.

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-35323. Sold as N8026E in 1958. Converted to a fire bomber. To Conair as CF-CDD for a few months in 1970 and returned as N8026E. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in museum in 1980. Converted to military configuration and maintained in airworthy condition as a warbird.

Preserved at Norton AFB, CA then at Ontario, CA before moving to Chino for the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1977.

Built for the USAF as F-86H 53-1351. Converted to a QF-86H target drone for the US Navy by 1975. Preserved at the Planes of Fame Air Museum by 1984. Reported to be a composite with parts from 52-2074.

Preserved at the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino by 1984. Later moved to the Yanks Air Museum there.

Former USAF 44-30423. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1958. Sold as N3675G in 1959. Preserved at Ontario, CA fron 1965. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1973. Maintained in airworthy condition.

Preserved at Orange County, CA before moving to the Planes of Fame Air Museum by 1984. Later moved to the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Valle, AZ around 1993 and painted in fake Japanese markings as 71-5262.

Correct serial is 49-1217. Preserved at the Planes of Fame Air Museum with fake serial 49-1318. Later moved to the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Valle, AZ. Exported to the UK as G-BZNL in 2000. To the Flying Heritage Collection, Seattle, WA as N4912 in 2001. May have moved to Bentonville, AR in 2023 when the collection was sold.

Delivered to the US Navy as a F9F-5P. Converted to F9F-5KD. Redesignated as a DF-9E in 1962. Preserved at the Planes of Fame Air Museum from 1977.

The first of three of this rocket and jet-powered research supersonic aircraft that were built. First flew as 37973 in 1947. To NACA as NACA 143. Retired in 1957. Preserved at the Planes of Fame Air Museum by 1984.