ADA Museum at Fort Bliss
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:36 am
During a very recent trip to Texas for a wedding I had the privilege to visit the Anti-Aircraft Museum (Air Defense Artillery Museum) at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. I went there to do research on the US 90mm AA guns, primarily the early M-1 version, for a project I am working on for a business acquaintance. The photo below shows the later 90mm A2 version with the shield designed to be dual purpose AA/AT.
Prior to visiting I contacted Maryann Neubert, the Museum's Registrar, who did an excellent job of providing information and directing me to the correct displays, etc., making our visit more efficient than I had dreamed possible. She was also kind enough to provide copies of many of her file photos detailing most of the WW2 AA equipment in the US arsenal, as well as many excellent photos of captured equipment. The museum has an original "AfrikaKorps" 88mm gun on display, as well as most of the equipment used during the war and since, plus some from WW1.
She also provided a complete series of photos detailing our defense of the bridge at Ramagen which provided some interesting insights.
https://www.bliss.army.mil/Museum/fort_bliss_museum.htm
Anyone who has any interest in this slice of military history need only visit the Museum to understand the importance of ADA in WW2 and since.
There is also a very good "gift shop" within the museum with hand made wooden models of much of the current ADA arsenal in stock for the collector, all of which are locally made and of excellent quality.
ComOpsCtr
Prior to visiting I contacted Maryann Neubert, the Museum's Registrar, who did an excellent job of providing information and directing me to the correct displays, etc., making our visit more efficient than I had dreamed possible. She was also kind enough to provide copies of many of her file photos detailing most of the WW2 AA equipment in the US arsenal, as well as many excellent photos of captured equipment. The museum has an original "AfrikaKorps" 88mm gun on display, as well as most of the equipment used during the war and since, plus some from WW1.
She also provided a complete series of photos detailing our defense of the bridge at Ramagen which provided some interesting insights.
https://www.bliss.army.mil/Museum/fort_bliss_museum.htm
Anyone who has any interest in this slice of military history need only visit the Museum to understand the importance of ADA in WW2 and since.
There is also a very good "gift shop" within the museum with hand made wooden models of much of the current ADA arsenal in stock for the collector, all of which are locally made and of excellent quality.
ComOpsCtr
