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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.

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Easy A/B-26 !

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

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I'll go with two each:

WWII: Bf109, B-24
Korea: F-86, Sea Fury (you had to know that was coming) :roll:
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?

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

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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...

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