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Wings Remembered is dedicated to preserving the history of airmen and their aircraft.
 
Our museum is filled with groupings of items from airmen that include their uniforms, flight jackets, medals, photos, and documents that together tell the story of each individual.  We display artifacts that have been recovered from crash sites of our aircraft that were lost over foreign soil and while training here in the US.
 
A lot of research goes into the artifacts recovered from crash sites.  In this process we identify the actual aircraft, its mission, and the individual or crew members that were on board.  We also go to great lengths to locate any possible survivors and their families.  In some cases we have had the honor of families coming to see artifacts from the aircraft of their loved ones.
 
You will also find on display a working Norden Bombsight, a B-24 waist window display and so much more.
 

44th Bomb Group B-24 Black Jack The Crew And Their Legacy

Black Jack Vertical

On 1 October 1943 the 44th Bomb Groups mission was to bomb the Messerschmitt aircraft factory located at Wiener Neustadt, Austria.  B-24 serial number 41-23816, named Black Jack of the 68th squadron was hit by flak shortly after dropping their bomb load while turning away from the target.  The plane was on fire and crashed shortly after being hit.  Of the ten man crew five survived.  Here are the crew and their stories.  May we never forget.

Read more: 44th Bomb Group B-24 Black Jack The Crew And Their Legacy

Wings Remembered Article from Aviation History Magazine

Noland Herndon holding data plate from plane caption

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

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