Painted as a P-51D of the 322 FG, the famed "Tuskegee Airmen", with distinctive red tail. This P-51D actually served in Europe at the end of WW 2 in the 352 FS, 353 FG. In December 1946 it was transferred to the Swedish Air Force. In 1961 it went to the Dominican Republic Air Force, and was sold to a US buyer in 2009. Assigned FAA registration N722WR. It was never restored to flying condition and was acquired by the museum in 2013, where it has been restored to display condition.

This was one of the last TB-25N training aircraft retired from the USAF in 1958. Sold surplus, and assigned FAA registration N2854G. Flown to Brainerd, Minnesota, where it was on display at the Paul Bunyan Amusement Park from 1958-2000. It was then restored and has been on display at the National World War II Museum since 2010.

On 27 June 1942 this B-17E made a forced landing on the Greenland Ice Cap. The crew was rescued, but the a/c wasn't recovered until 1995. Now restored, it has been on display in the aircraft gallery area of the museum since 2012.

This SBD-3 is a WW 2 combat veteran of the Guadalcanal Campaign. Operating out of Henderson Field, this a/c was assigned to USMC squadrons VMSB-141 and VMSB-132. This SBD was lost in Lake Michigan in late 1943 while assigned to the USN Carrier Qualification Training Unit operating out of NAS Glenview, IL. The National Naval Aviation Museum recovered the a/c in the early 1990s, restored it, and loaned the a/c in 2009 to the National World War II Museum where it currently is on display.

On display in the impressive aircraft gallery at the museum. After being sold surplus by the USN this a/c was registered as N9650C.