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Wings Remembered is dedicated to preserving the history of airmen and their aircraft.

Bob Lehnhausen was born on 11 September 1919 to Frank and Florence Lehnhausen of Peoria, IL. In May of 1941, he entered the Army Air Forces Cadet Program. After the successful completion of his pilot training, Bob joined the 44th Bomb Group, 68th Bomb Squadron of the 8th Air Force.
Charles Runion's Tennessee aviation museum is filled with what most folks would consider junk, but he's no hoarder. Wings Remembered is an unparalleled collection of mainly U.S. World War II artifacts recovered from crash sites and through donations of flight gear, uniforms, letters, diaries, medals and photos from the families of long-gone veterans. Cockpit sections, engine parts, a Norden bombsight and bombardier's compartment, rusty landing gear, crumpled wing and fuselage skins with insignias still visible… Runion has everything from a 12-foot-tall B-24 vertical stabilizer to an R-2800 valve rocker arm from a P-47 shot down during the Battle of the Bulge.
Read more: Wings Remembered Article from Aviation History Magazine
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.
Read more: 391st Bomb Group B-26 43-34337 named Homesick Pappy
We are always looking for additional uniforms, flight jackets, photos, log books, documents from WWI to today to preserve and display and share the history of those individuals. Additionally we are looking for items removed from aircraft that include artifacts from crash sites, instrument panels, sections of aircraft down, and even the smallest data plate kept as a souvenir.
If you have any of these items we hope you will consider us as the safe haven for them.