HAWAII AVIATION PRESERVATION SOCIETY
MISSION STATEMENT: WE ARE DEDICATED TO PRESERVING HAWAII'S AVIATION HERITAGE BY RESEARCHING AND RECORDING THE AVIATION HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. we will endeavor to preserve historic aircraft and to memorialize the aviators who gave their lives in the service of their country. Our goal is to inform and educate the public of the rich aviation heritage of Hawaii.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Photo of the Actual B-24J 44-40332 in San Diego taken shortly before it crashed here.
(Photo Courtesy Naval Air Museum Barbers Pt)
NEWS Flash
This 300 lb granite plaque was placed at the trailhead of the Aiea Loop Trail then dedicated at 10:00am on Monday May, 5, 2008
May 5th 2008 Memorial Dedication For Crew killed on the 64th anniversary of the crash
(Click on link above for details)
New
Updated Photo Gallery of Wheeler Field
Recently UPDATED PHOTOS OF NAS PEARL HARBOR IN 1945 AND 1946 by Joe Genne'
(Updated on the Luke Field/NAS Pearl Harbor Pages, click above)
Other Recent Website Additions
The USAF and HAPS dedicated a granite memorial at the Nu'uanu Pali Lookout on 4/5/07, the 65th anniversary of the crash.
For more information and a photo gallery of the crash site and dedication, click here.
NAS Kahului Added to Historic Airfield Pages
August 21, 1945 F6F-5 Ko'olau Fatal Crash Site Surveyed
P-40K 42-46209 12/9/42 Fatal Crash Site Surveyed
July 28, 1945 B-24J Crash Site at Schofield Surveyed
Dec 16, 1942 B-24D Crash Site on Oahu Surveyed
78th Fighter Squadron " Bushmasters" in Hawaii During WWII
Former Bellows based P-51 fighter pilot tells of his shoot down and capture over Japan on 7/3/45
Beautification and Renovation project in the BP NAS Tower Building (Bldg 4)
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