Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Inc. Genealogical & Historical Societies of Washtenaw County Yankee Air Force Yankee Air Museum
SOCIETY
Address Mailing Address Phone		Willow Run Airport, Ecorse and Beck Roads, Belleville, MI P. O. Box 590, Belleville, MI 48112-0590 (734) 483-4030
Email Address Home Page		yankeeairmuseum@provide.net http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/ More information: http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/mi/yafm.html "Flying with the Yankee Air Force: Twenty Minutes Over Willow Run": http://www.uaw.org/solidarity/9610/08.html
Meetings		First Wednesday of every month
Annual Dues		$ 25 Individual (over 18) [as of 1982] $500 Lifetime [as of 1982]
Special Projects		Yankee Air Museum
Publications		Yankee Wings Hangar Happenin's, monthly newsletter
MUSEUM
Phone		(734) 483-4030
Hours		Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday noon-4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year holidays. Please schedule guided tours one week in advance. Special hours on request. Winter hours, January-February: Thursday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday noon-4pm. Call to confirm.
Admission		$5 adults, $4 seniors $3 children 5-12, children under 5 free
Directions/Parking		From I-94 to the South, take Exit 187, turning north onto Rawsonville Road. Where it deadends, turn right onto William or North Frontage Road which runs parallel to I-94. Follow North Frontage just over two miles, then turn left onto Beck Road. Pass Tyler Road and D Street. Make the next left onto A Street. The museum will be at the end of A Street. There is a large parking lot in front of the building.
Description		This museum is housed in the 1941 Ford Motor Company hangar which produced 8700 B-24 "Liberator" bombers during World War II. Antique and vintage aircraft, bombers, transports, fighters, artifacts, and memorabilia tracking flight since World War I. Displays cover World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and Women in Aviation. Fully reconstructed World War II aircraft. Extensive aviation reference library open Saturday by appointment. The Yankee Air Force was founded in 1981 and now has over 1200 members. Memorial Day is a special event with a pancake breakfast, open house, demonstrations, and cockpit photos. They usually sponsor a Founder's Day Big Band Dinner Dance and Open House fundraiser in the fall, a holiday party and potluck dinner in December, and a spring dinner dance in March. Other activities include polishing and restoration work and bus trips to local aviation museums. Vintage aircraft are also sent to many midwest airshows.
		Copyright © 1997-2007, Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to print a single copy for personal use is granted. http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/society/socyankee.htm Designed by S. Brevoort. Revised 15 October 2007. Send comments or changes to Sharon at wwwgswc@aol.com. Images © GSWC, Corel Corporation; photographs © S. Brevoort.