Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum

Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum Public Hours: Thursday - Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission is Free. For more, visit flyingheritage.org or contact [email protected].
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Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum (FHCAM) is a 501 (c)(3) committed to educating visitors about the rare, historic aircraft, vehicles, and artifacts in our collection, which are a testament to the era’s engineering skill and humanity’s spirit during the world conflicts of the 20th century. We are committed to proving complete authenticity in all of our artifacts. This includes all aspects of t

he mechanical systems and all paint schemes and markings. FHCAM strives to make the operations and appearance as original as possible to the time when the aircraft, tank, or other machine was first utilized.

The 6th of June 2025 marks 81 years since D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the libe...
05/29/2026

The 6th of June 2025 marks 81 years since D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

It was the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. The statistics of D-Day are incredible.

The Allies used over 5,000 ships and landing craft to land more than 150,000 troops on five beaches in Normandy.

The landings marked the start of a long campaign in north-west Europe, which ultimately convinced the German high command that defeat was inevitable.

Join docent Gareth Wade on June 13th at 2:00 as he shares some interesting facts you probably didn't know about D-Day.

03/14/2026

Check out this incredible film by Red Jet Films!

To go along with this fantastic overview of the collection, here are a few of our favorite facts and stories we've shared over the last few years:

Our Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-13 and Messerschmitt Me 262 both came to the United States aboard the HMS Reaper. Few aircraft from that shipment survive today, yet two of them reside here in our museum.

The story of our North American P-51 Mustang "Upupa Epops." One of the most original and accurately restored Mustangs in the world, she shot down an Me 262 and was later reunited with her original pilot, Bud Tordoff.

The battle scars of the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, better known as the “Oscar.” Still bearing bullet holes, it carries visible reminders of the fierce air battles fought across the Pacific.

We hope you’ve enjoyed these stories as much as we do!

03/12/2026

With the incredible machines in our collection, it’s easy to focus on the technology and forget the human stories behind them. Yet some artifacts make that human element impossible to ignore.

The first is the D-Day flag displayed beside our Higgins boat. The tattered flag next to the pristine landing craft tells its own story. It’s a reminder of D-Day, one of the most treacherous days in American military history, and the sacrifice required to carry it out.

Nearby is our split-in-half M48 Patton. It offers a rare look inside a tank, revealing just how hot, cramped, and uncomfortable life could be for the crews who fought inside these machines.

Less widely known but equally remarkable are SpaceShipOne and its carrier aircraft White Knight. Built to push the boundaries of spaceflight, the program proved that the same spacecraft could reach space twice within two weeks, something that had previously taken months of turnaround.

Every cool artifact in this collection has a story that follows it.

Winter 1944. With D-Day approaching, the French Resistance was in deep trouble. Gestapo prisons were full and executions...
03/10/2026

Winter 1944. With D-Day approaching, the French Resistance was in deep trouble. Gestapo prisons were full and executions were imminent. London was asked for help and agreed to something extraordinary.

Codenamed Operation Jericho, it became one of the war’s boldest air raids and one that still raises questions.

Join Gareth Wade as he explores how it happened, why it mattered, and the controversy that followed.

03/07/2026

German WWII technology was often unique and powerful.

One section of the museum highlights some of the most unusual examples. Our Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet sits beside a pair of V-1 flying bombs, including the manned “Reichenberg” variant. Towering above the display is the V-2 rocket, the world’s first ballistic missile.

Together, they represent some of the most radical weapons developed during the war.

Another WWII veteran in the building!Last Saturday we were honored to host Raymond Solie. Ray served as a dental technic...
03/05/2026

Another WWII veteran in the building!

Last Saturday we were honored to host Raymond Solie. Ray served as a dental technician with the United States Army Air Corps in India after joining in 1943 and remained in service through the end of the war.

All five of his brothers also served during WWII, deployed to the European Theater. Unlike countless other families of the era, every one of them returned home safely.

Thanks for visiting us, Ray!

Women were essential to the Allied and Axis war efforts during the Second World War.As total war reshaped societies acro...
03/03/2026

Women were essential to the Allied and Axis war efforts during the Second World War.

As total war reshaped societies across the globe, women stepped into roles that had rarely been open to them before. On the home front, they built, delivered, and serviced aircraft, worked in shipyards and factories, and kept critical industries running. In uniform, they served as medics, ferry pilots, intelligence officers, and support personnel. In occupied territories, many joined resistance movements or worked as couriers and spies.

In this lecture, Jeff Beyer will explore how women were treated differently on the Allied and Axis sides and examine the scope of their responsibilities. He will discuss Soviet aviators known as the Night Witches, female snipers on the Eastern Front, intelligence operatives, and resistance fighters whose contributions shaped the course of the war.

02/28/2026

Why were they called “Pursuit” aircraft?

The term dates back to World War I. The French referred to their fighters as avions de chasse, meaning “hunting aircraft” because their primary role was to chase and engage enemy planes. The United States, using the same concept, designated them as pursuit, leading to aircraft like the P-40 and P-51.

In 1947, with the creation of the independent U.S. Air Force, the designation changed to “F” for Fighter to reflect the broader combat roles these aircraft had come to perform.

02/26/2026

Have you ever noticed the B-25 has a bent wing?

Look closely and you’ll see it. The inner wings angle slightly upward, while the outside the engines, the wings angle downward. The original prototype had a straight dihedral wing, but flight testing showed it had too much lateral stability.

How can an airplane be too stable? If it strongly resists rolling, it becomes hard to maneuver.

By reducing the effective dihedral with the downward outer wing, designers decreased roll stability just enough to improve handling. Even so, the B-25 remains a very stable platform.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots in U.S. history. Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, they...
02/24/2026

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots in U.S. history. Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, they were selected and evaluated under intense scrutiny in a segregated military system.

Despite being deployed with older aircraft early on, the 99th Fighter Squadron and later the 332nd Fighter Group went on to earn three Distinguished Unit Citations in the European Theater. Flying aircraft with distinctive, red-painted tails, they became known as the “Red Tails,” a nickname associated with their strong combat record during bomber es**rt missions.

Join Jeff Beyer this Saturday to learn the full story of the Tuskegee Airmen.

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3407 109th Street SW
Everett, WA
98204

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Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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