Symbolic Aircraft!

[warbirdguy]

When you think back on WWII, Korea and Vietnam, which aircraft first comes to mind when you think about each of those wars? So it would be three different aircraft.

[Nathan]

WWII: P-51/A6M, Bf109/Spitfire.
Korea: F-86/Mig 15.
Vietnam: F-4/Mig 21.

[lmritger]

Bf 109
AD Skyraider
UH-1 Huey

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Easy A/B-26 !

TT

[warbirdguy]

WWII: P-51
Korea: F-86
Vietnam: Skyraider

[Jerry O'Neill]

WWII: B-17
Korea: F9F
Viet Nam: Huey

[Former Member]

WWII: B-17
Korea: F-86 Sabre
Vietname: UH-1 Huey

John

[TAdan]

WWII: B-17
Korea: F-86
Vietnam: F-4

[mike furline]

WWII = C-47
Korea = C-47
Viet Nam = AC-47

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

Last edited by mike furline on Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:49 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Warbird Kid]

WW II: P-40
Korea: F-86
Vietnam: UH-1 Huey

[Steve T]

I'll go with two each:

WWII: Bf109, B-24
Korea: F-86, Sea Fury (you had to know that was coming)
Vietnam: UH-1, F-105

Interesting that there are at least two types, as has been pointed out, that served significantly in all three wars. Any others besides C-47 and A-26?

S.

[warbirdguy]

Didn't the T-6 serve all three or did it only serve WWII and Korea.

[Paul Krumrei]

P-51
F-86
F-4/Huey

[Steve T]

If one stretches things and counts the pre-US-involvement conflict in what was then French Indochina, maybe the Texan shows up there...France certainly used armed T-6s as COIN strike birds in Algeria, maybe the Armee de l'Air also operated then in Indochina. They certainly used A-26s there, but so did the USAF later on so that's moot. Did the Aeronavale use Corsairs in Indochina during that period BTW? If so, the U-bird qualifies too...

S.

[Jesse C.]

WWII - P-38 Lightning
Korea - F-86 Sabre
Vietnam - F-105 Thunderchief