We're an American WWII Heritage City!

Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio

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We're an American WWII Heritage City!

Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio

See the most famous WWII bomber, the Memphis Belle, in person at the Air Force Museum. Credit: U.S. Air Force

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We're an American WWII Heritage City!

Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio

Explore a Navy WAVES cabin, at Carillon Historical Park, that was used to work on the top-secret Dayton Codebreaking Project, an effort aimed at cracking Nazi Germany’s Enigma Code.

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We're an American WWII Heritage City!

Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio

Study photographs, documents, and more at the Wright State University's Wright Archives about the Wright Company Factory and its role in WWII.

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About the National Aviation Heritage Area

The National Aviation Heritage Area is guided by the National Aviation Heritage Alliance, a private, not for profit corporation designated by Congress as the management entity of the heritage area. The organization seeks to conserve, interpret, develop, and promote the historic resources of the National Aviation Heritage Area.

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Heritage Area Sites

1

Airstream Heritage Center

1001 W. Pike St.
Jackson Center, OH 45334 Learn More

2

Armstrong Air & Space Museum

500 Apollo Drive, PO Box 1978
Wapakoneta, OH 45895 Learn More

3

Champaign Aviation Museum

1652 N Main St
Urbana, OH 43078 Learn More

4

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park & Aviation Trail Parachute Museum

16 S Williams St.
Dayton, OH 45402 Learn More

5

Carillon Historical Park

1000 Carillon Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45409 Learn More

6

Grimes Flying Lab

1652 N Main St
Urbana, OH 43078 Learn More

7

Mid America Flight Museum North – Restoration Hangar

1412 N. Main St.
Urbana, OH 43078 Learn More

8

National Aviation Hall of Fame

1100 Spaatz St.
Dayton, OH 45431 Learn More

9

National Museum of the United States Air Force

1100 Spaatz St.
Dayton, OH 45431 Learn More

10

WACO Education Center & Air Museum

1865 S Co Rd 25A
Troy, Ohio 45373 Learn More

11

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum

118 Woodland Ave
Dayton, OH 45409 Learn More

12

Wright “B” Flyer

10550 N Springboro Pike
Miamisburg, OH 45342 Learn More

13

Wright Dunbar Neighborhood

7 Hawthorn St.
Dayton, OH 45402 Learn More

14

Wright State University Wright Archives

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435 Learn More

15

Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport

10550 N Springboro Pike
Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 Learn More

16

The Hope Hotel and Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center

Building #823, Area A, Gate 12A
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433 Learn More

17

AC Hotel by Marriott Dayton

124 Madison St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402 Learn More

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Powered by partnership. If you have never visited the Wright “B” Flyer, Inc hangar and museum, you might be surprised to find it’s much more than a collection of antique aviation artifacts. While the site does feature fascinating displays, like the Valentine Flyer, a close replica of a Wright Model B that was used in […]

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