475th Fighter Group
The 475th Fighter Group (Satan's Angels) has established a permanent home for the artifacts, photographs, records and memories of the U.S. Army Air Force unit that accounted for the 562 victories, two Presidential Unit Citations, and produced 42 "Aces" in the South Pacific combat area. It was unique in that it was the first all Lockheed P-38 group and was formed overseas in Australia.
This new museum, legally known as The 475th Fighter Group Historical Foundation, Inc., was housed in a modern steel building reminiscent of those used by the Armed Forces during World War II. It was dedicated on October, 1997, at the expanding March Field Museum complex located at the former March Air Force Base near Riverside, California where the first test fight of the P-38 took place. The March Field Museum chronicles the history of U.S. military aviation from World War I in 1917 to the present.
Over the past nineteen years, many people have donated time, skills and memorabilia in order to preserve the history and proud heritage of the many valiant men of the 475th and these efforts have culminated in a 1,250-square-foot (116 m2) building.
In 2005 the decision was made to move the museum and become part of The Air Museum Planes of Fame. A new 3,600 sq ft (330 m2) hangar at Planes of Fame is under construction for the 476th.
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