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Piece Of WWII History Honored

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​The TBM Avenger was on display in Grand Junction before it will be added to the national register of historic places.

WWII torpedo bomber added to the 
National Register of Historic Places
​Posted April 14, 2018 by Gretel Daugherty

Grand Junction - ​The Rocky Mountain Wing's Avenger is one of six aircraft on the National Register of Historic Places and one of two that still fly

​World War II Bomber receives historic honor
​POSTED 5:37 PM, APRIL 3, 2018, BY KEVIN TORRES

GRAND JUNCTION — For the first time in Colorado state history, a WWII TBM Torpedo Bomber has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.​

CAF TBM Avenger
Gets National Recognition

CAF TBM Avenger assigned to the Rocky Mountain Wing is now on the National Historic Register.
READ MORE from the Dispatch CAF Magazine.


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1940s Hanger Dance - Oct. 14, 2017
Dressed in their 1940s best, three friends strike a pin-up girl pose beside a North American SNJ-6 airplane outside the hangar where the Commemorative Air Force’s dance was being held ​
Warbird gets nod to be put on historic list - April 15, 2017​
Dick Maddock has spent more than 616 hours volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Wing Commemorative Air Force at the former Walker Field. Many of those hours were spent working on this TBM Avenger torpedo bomber.
Tribute to first black military pilots to a GJ venue
Maj. James A. Ellison returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he passes down the flight line during review of the first class of Tuskegee cadets at the U.S. Army Air Corps basic and advanced flying school in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941.
Red Tail warbird swoops in
​Commemorative Air Force Red Tail pilot Bill Shepard checks the oil in the 12-cylinder rolls Royce engine in a rare P-51 Mustang. Only four of the P-51Cs exist with only two flying. This plane honors the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military pilots to fight in combat in World War II. They rose above the prejudice that blacks were not allowed to train to be pilots and proved their worth in the war.
Warbird Changed History
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the type that took to the air in World War II and the Korean War, is on display at West Star Aviation at Grand Junction Regional Airport. Its appearance, along with that of a C-45 Expeditor, is part of the Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour. ​