Replica of local ace's P-40 Warhawk moved to front of main terminal at Johnstown airport

JOHNSTOWN - A replica of a World War II fighter that was piloted by local ace, Lt. Col Boyd "Buzz" Wagner, was moved from a nearby hangar to the front of the main terminal Friday at the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.

Wagner is a native of Emeigh, Cambria County.

The replica plane, purchased through a fundraising campaign of more than two years, is a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, which Wagner flew in World War II as a member of the Army Air Corps.

"He was actually flying this type of aircraft when he shot down five Japanese in the Philippines," said Doug Legenfelder, a board member of the airport authority and former Cambria County Commissioner.

"Here we got a local hero for the United States and we're going to be honoring his aircraft up here at the Johnstown airport."

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