A blast from the past indeed! This hangar museum has displays of super cool aircrafts and tons of naval history/ memorabilia from different eras. A real gem of Cape May and a must see next time you're around!
December 2023
Super cool for family members of all ages. My 2 year old had a blast, and my husband and I enjoyed it as well.
November 2023
It's been a minute since I visited, but super cool place to explore. When I went you could climb up and look inside certain ones. And I am not even all that into airplanes, but it was super cool learning the history and getting that close to the planes.
Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to restore Hangar #1 at the Cape May Airport, Cape May County, New Jersey, into an aircraft museum honoring the Navy airmen who died while training during World War II.
Hangar # 1 was listed onto the National Register of Historic Places in September of 1997.
Naval Air station (NAS) Wildwood was commissioned on April 1, 1943. The site served as an active dive-bomber squadron training facility from 1943 to 1945. Aircraft stationed at NAS Wildwood included TBM Avengers, Douglas Dauntlesses, Vought Corsairs and Curtiss Helldivers. Forty-two airmen perished while training at NAS Wildwood during World War II.
Today it is an amazing Aviation Museum!
