Mighty Eighth Museum - July 2021
A vacation trip to Hilton Head Island, SC always requires a stop at the Mighty Eighth Museum in Pooler, GA (Just outside Savannah, GA). Restoration of their Boeing B-17 “The City of Savannah” is nearly complete and the aircraft fills the rotunda. The museum is full of memorabilia from the 8th Air Force members and includes displays memorializing the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASPS.
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German artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
German artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
German uniforms on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
German artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
British artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Japanese artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Japanese artifacts on display Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Battle damaged outer skin from the wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress "The Duchess" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Arming pin from the first bomb dropped by the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Airfield mural painted on the walls Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
R-2800 Double Wasp cut-away engine. This type engine was used in the P-47 Thunderbolt, B-26 Marauder and C-46 Commando. Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Airfield mural painted on the walls Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Flight jacket with helmet and mask. Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
My son trying out the 50 caliber waist gunner game Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-17 Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" with large, treaded tires Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-24 Liberator "Fighting Sam" nose section Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-24 Liberator "Fighting Sam" nose section Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
B-24 Liberator "Fighting Sam" nose section Mighty Eighth Museum 02Jul21
Outdoor Memorial Garden
The Mighty Eighth Museum Outdoor Memorial Gardens are full of monuments dedicated to Units, Aircraft and Crews from the Mighty Eighth Air Force. They range from walls of names to elaborately decorated monuments. They have a Gothic English chapel on site called the Chapel of the Fallen Eagles for ceremonies dedicated to the former members. As you drive down Interstate 95 in Georgia you can see a B-47 Stratojet parked in the Memorial Gardens. When you enter the parking lot at the Museum you can see their F-4 Phantom and Mig-17 parked outside.
