SW BK-093 Tillamook Air Museum …. a collection of some of the finest WWII warbirds

Tillamook Air Museum is a privately owned aviation museum located south of Tillamook, Oregon at Tillamook Airport . The museum was established in 1992 and is housed in a former military blimp hangar, called Hangar B.  Hangar B is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. Tillamook Air Museum has been described as "one of the top private World War II aircraft collections".

Hangar B was constructed by the US Navy in 1942 during World War II for Naval Air Station Tillamook.   The hangar building housing the aircraft is 1,072 feet (327 m) long and 296 feet (90 m) wide, giving it over 6 acres (24,000 m2) of area. It stands at 192 feet (59 m) tall. Hangar B is one of two that were built on the site originally, Hangar A was destroyed by fire in August,1992.

In April 2013, the museum announced that it was planning to move from Tillamook to Madras, Oregon, sometime before the end of its lease of the hangar (Jan 2016).

Tillamook Air Museum features a collection of over 30 aircraft.  It also features an exhibit hall with a large collection of rare historical wartime and aviation artefacts including pieces of the great German airship the Hindenburg and a WWII Luftwaffe flight jacket.

This postcard came from Jenny (19 May 2014) Swap-bot.