{"id":6600,"date":"2016-09-23T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=6600"},"modified":"2025-01-28T21:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:43:34","slug":"millville-army-air-field-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/millville-army-air-field-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Millville Army Air Field Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Millville Army Air Field Museum<\/strong> in <strong>Millville<\/strong>, <strong>New Jersey<\/strong>, celebrates the history of America\u2019s first Army Airfield dedicated to gunnery training during World War II. Known as the \u201cAmerica&#8217;s First Defense Airport,\u201d this museum offers a glimpse into the rich aviation history of the area and the role it played in training <strong>P-47 Thunderbolt<\/strong> pilots during WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Millville Army Air Field Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">1 Leddon Street<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">Millville<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">New Jersey 08332<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.p47millville.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.p47millville.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"two_thirds first\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gro.ellivllim74p@retsejl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"wpml-rtl\">museum@p47millville.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>+1 <span class=\"section-info-text\">(856) 327-2347<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday &#8211; Sunday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n<p>Monday visits may be scheduled by appointment<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d394792.1859969906!2d-75.34118861836879!3d39.37177!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xc0c5a468d5f0dc1d!2sMillville+Army+Air+Field+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1474655758956\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/millville-army-air-field-museum\/shorts-c-23c-sherpa-85-25343\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shorts-C-23C-Sherpa-85-25343.jpg\" alt=\"Shorts C-23C Sherpa 85-25343, Millville Army Air Field Museum, New Jersey\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\"><\/a><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>154200\/NP-00<p><\/p>\n<p>50837<\/p>\n<p>85-25343<\/p><\/td>\n<td>Douglas A-4F Skyhawk<p><\/p>\n<p>Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain (front)<\/p>\n<p>Shorts C-23C Sherpa<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"two_thirds first\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;The Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) preserves the history of the Millville Army Air Field, in Millville, NJ, dedicated by the U.S. War Department in 1941 as \u201cAmerica\u2019s First Defense Airport.\u201d During WWII 10,000 men and women served here with 1,500 pilots receiving advanced gunnery training in P-47 Thunderbolt and P-40 Warhawk fighter planes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WWII Aviation History<\/strong>: The <strong>Millville Army Air Field Museum<\/strong> focuses on the history of Millville Army Air Field and its significance as a training base for pilots during the war.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aircraft Displays<\/strong>: The museum features several aircraft and aviation artifacts, including a beautifully restored P-47 Thunderbolt and other WWII-era planes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Veteran Tributes<\/strong>: Exhibits honor the pilots and personnel who served at Millville and beyond, preserving their stories and contributions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artifacts and Memorabilia<\/strong>: Explore vintage uniforms, medals, photos, and military equipment from the WWII era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Millville Army Air Field Museum in Millville, New Jersey, celebrates the history of America\u2019s first Army Airfield dedicated to gunnery training during World War&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6600","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6600"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32540,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6600\/revisions\/32540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}