{{Short description, United States historical air display organization
The Gulf Coast Wing of the
Commemorative Air Force
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force, is an American non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
The CAF h ...
is a United States historical air display organization which formerly included two sub-groups that participate in the display of vintage aircraft and public military history education about military aviation during World War II and beyond.
"Texas Raiders" group
The Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing encompassed the "Texas Raiders" group, who maintained and operated the
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
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(former U.S. Navy PB-1W) named ''
Texas Raiders
''Texas Raiders'' was an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-17G-95-DL built by Douglas-Long Beach. In 1967, it was purchased by the Commemorative Air Force’s Gulf Coast Wing "Texas Raiders" group, which maintained and flew the aircra ...
'', which
crashed
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on November 12, 2022. It was based at the Conroe Regional Airport, located in Conroe, Texas. (Formerly based at
David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport is a public-use airport located near the city of Tomball in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. It is northwest of the central business district of Houston. It is the busiest general aviation airport in Te ...
in
Tomball, Texas
Tomball ( ) is a city in Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas, a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The population was 12,341 at the 2020 U.S. census. In 1907, the community of Peck was renamed Tomball for local congressman Thomas Henry Ba ...
.)
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History of transport
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