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Airmen Memorial Museum
The Air Force Sergeants Association maintains the Airmen Memorial Museum in its headquarters building. The Museum was founded in 1988, and it is dedicated to the heritage and accomplishments of the enlisted force. It is a public museum and admission is free.
The Airmen Memorial Museum was founded in 1988 by the Air Force Sergeants Association as a tribute to enlisted Airmen for their sacrifices and contributions.
It is dedicated to collecting artifacts, photographs, diaries, personnel records, letters, books and other items pertaining to the service of enlisted airmen.
The following is a partial list of the artifacts/exhibits currently on display at the Airmen Memorial Museum:
- Eddie Ward’s pilot’s license and identification tag
- Fabric portions of American and German planes from World War I
- John Richter’s Distinguished Flying Cross
- Ulysses Nero’s 1923 Parachute Jump trophy
- An enlisted airman’s canteen that was carried on the infamous Bataan Death March
- An airman’s World War II Blood Chit and silk escape map
- World War II sketches drawn by enlisted artist Nathan Glick
- A Norden bombsight
- The Orderly Room Duty Roster
- A Japanese officer’s sword and flying helmet (traded for by an enlisted airman)
- An A-2 flight jacket
- An enlisted man’s letter written from Adolf Hitler’s Headquarters on his personal stationary
- The personal effects of four airmen who flew on the historic Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb missions
- World War II color photography and aviation art of former enlisted airman, William S. Phillips
- The uniforms of CMSAF #2 Donald Harlow and CMSAF #4 Thomas Barnes
The museum is located in Suitland, Maryland – one mile from Andrews Air Force Base. Visitors may take the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), exit 7B and turn right to 5211 Auth Road.
The museum is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. For more information please contact AFSA toll-free at 1-800-638-0594 or 301-899-3500, and on the web at www.hqafsa.org.
