User:German Aircraft

Near the end of World War II, General "Hap" Arnold established a department to capture, recover, export to American, evaluate and restore German, Japanese and Italian aircraft.

One of the bases set to do this work was Freeman Field at Seymour, Indiana. Hundreds of captured German, Japanese and Italian aircraft were flown and shipped there. After restoration and evaluation, all were relocated to either the new USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio or to other museums.

Information on these planes can be found at www.IndianaMilitary.org Click on Freeman AAF.

Jim West JimWest@iquest.net