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United States / New Jersey / Cape May

NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

Inside a restored Second World War naval training hangar, NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum interprets the training program that prepared aviators for combat and the later growth of naval aviation. The historic hangar is itself part of the visitor experience. Aircraft and collections: Naval aviation, Second World War training, carrier aircraft and early jet aircraft. The museum says it holds over 25 historic aircraft and maintains separate exhibits for propeller fighters, jets and helicopters. The selected types below are named by the official collection page; visiting aircraft advertised for AirFest are intentionally excluded. Listed aircraft are selected source-attributed records, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Museum ownership, active flying, restoration, replicas, and partial airframes are distinguished where evidence permits. Confirm visitor arrangements directly with the institution.

Military Aviation Museumover 25 aircraft described by the museum; selected examples recorded here7 documented aircraft/exhibitsOpen Public
Museum-specific photograph from the official website of NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum
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The museum

Inside a restored Second World War naval training hangar, NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum interprets the training program that prepared aviators for combat and the later growth of naval aviation. The historic hangar is itself part of the visitor experience.

Inside a restored Second World War naval training hangar, NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum interprets the training program that prepared aviators for combat and the later growth of naval aviation. The historic hangar is itself part of the visitor experience.

Aircraft and collections: Naval aviation, Second World War training, carrier aircraft and early jet aircraft. The museum says it holds over 25 historic aircraft and maintains separate exhibits for propeller fighters, jets and helicopters. The selected types below are named by the official collection page; visiting aircraft advertised for AirFest are intentionally excluded.

Listed aircraft are selected source-attributed records, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Museum ownership, active flying, restoration, replicas, and partial airframes are distinguished where evidence permits. Confirm visitor arrangements directly with the institution.

What defines the collection

Naval aviation, Second World War training, carrier aircraft and early jet aircraft

Collection focus: Indoor galleries · Military aviation · Outdoor collection
Indoor galleriesMilitary aviationOutdoor collection

What to expect

The museum says it holds over 25 historic aircraft and maintains separate exhibits for propeller fighters, jets and helicopters. The selected types below are named by the official collection page; visiting aircraft advertised for AirFest are intentionally excluded.

What the museum holds

over 25 aircraft described by the museum; selected examples recorded here

The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.

7Documented records
7Recorded on display
4Air Archive links
2Research sources
Collection highlights7 cataloged entries
Open full museum-listed inventory (7 entries)
AircraftStatusIdentity
Bell UH-1 IroquoisOn Display—
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
On Display—
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
On Display—
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
On Display—
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger
Grumman TBM Avenger
On Display—
Lockheed T-33 Shooting StarOn Display—
Sikorsky HH-52A SeaguardOn Display—
Museum collection records are source-backed; catalog inclusion does not by itself guarantee that an airframe is currently visible to visitors.

Aircraft histories connected to this museum

Sources

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