The Airmen Memorial Museum near Andrews Air Force Base in Suitland, MD has a small but focused collection dealing with the enlisted members of the U.S. Air Force and its predecessor organizations. I was employed there for two years as a curator and director of operations. There are several
examples of WWII navigation octants in the collection along with a host of other artifacts you may be interested in. The museum's parent organization is the Air Force Sergeants Association and although they can be somewhat difficult to deal with, the collection is unparalleled. The curator on
staff is Sean Miskimins. He can be reached at 1-800-638-0594. Good Luck.

Parker Hayes

Jim Lyons wrote:

> >John Bing asked:
> >
> >>Can anyone help me find if there is a museum that has WWII aerial
> >>Navigation equipment.
> >
> >John, what a great opportunity for me to try out my freshly squeezed museum
> >search engine, which you can find in it's "beta state" at
> >http://www.museumstuff.com/professional/museumsearch.html
> >
> >I did a search for "aviation" and came up with over a dozen museums that
> >may be able to help. Try this search for yourself. I hope this is useful to
> >you.
>
> >Roy Hemmat
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> >
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> Nov 3, 1999
>
> Roy,
>
> I too did a search for "aviation", wanting to see if the Moffett Field
> Museum is listed, and ended up with over 700 museums.  What did I do wrong?
>
> Also, twice this crashed my machine: "JavaScript Error line 84: temp_words
> is not defined."
>
> -Jim Lyons
> http://www.jimlyons.com
>
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