Thursday, March 9, 2023: The Millville Army Air Field Museum, 1 Leddon Street, Millville Airport, Millville (Cumberland County), New Jersey (856-327-2347) honored many military personnel in the different branches of the service: army, navy, marines, and air force (the former army air corps). From World War II to the Gulf Wars, the museum honored those people by way of displaying pictures, texts, and exhibit items, especially uniforms, badges, and medals. This place first served as an air base that gave advanced training to fighter pilots during WWII using P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes and P-40 War Hawk fighter planes. Nowadays, this area contained many building dating back to WWII, and many of them showed murals painted on their sides presenting different aircraft. I also noticed some full-sized aircraft and parts of other aircraft that the museum displayed outside. Inside, the friendly staff were on hand to answer any questions I might have had as I looked at the show cases of exhibits, the models-sized aircrafts hanging above me from the ceiling, and the model-sized ships, as well as a Link flight trainer simulator, some recreated army bunk beds, commemorative items (I especially remembered seeing items from the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing!), etc. Some of the museum’s theme areas covered servicewomen, Black servicemen, and family life during WWII: relationships, marriages, and family life. (I liked seeing the wedding dresses.) If you are in the area, I’d suggest a visit to here. Meanwhile, throughout the year, this place played host to different events, including the Wheels & Wings Air Show. More than 10,000 men and women served at the Millville Air Field, one of “America’s First Defense Airports.”
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