Korean War Aircraft
The Korean War saw the first jet-versus-jet duel and brought the word "ace" back into American discussion.
There are a total of 46 Korean War Aircraft in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1947
The Antonov An-2 is a multi-role light utility biplane initially produced under the Soviet flag. Despite its 1940's pedigree,...
1941
The Beechcraft C-45 was based on the Beech Aircraft Corporation's civilian-minded Model 18 "Twin Beech" series. First flight ...
1943
B-29 Superfortress status is often associated with the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...
1951
The swept-wing B-47 Stratojet produced by Boeing was a milestone in American bomber design in several ways. The system pionee...
1948
Though looking every bit the identical twin of the World War Two-era B-29 Superfortress (also produced by Boeing), the B-50 i...
1944
A post-World War 2 design, the C-97 was developed by The Boeing Company from its Model 367 product - a military-minded transp...
1942
The United States Air Force utilized the C-46 Commando series as their primary transport workhorse in the Pacific Theater of ...
1946
The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire held two key distinctions concerning aviation history - she was the first jet-powered aircraf...
1946
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider series would have become a major contributor to warplans concerning American involvement in World W...
1944
The Douglas A-26 Invader was a distinguished twin-engine light bomber whose origins were well-placed in the Second World War....
1950
With the close of World War 2 and the accompanying Berlin Airlift, the United States military saw a need to replace its aged ...
1940
The C-47 Skytrain was a product of the Douglas Aircraft Company and is regarded as the best transport of World War 2. Interes...
1942
Derived from the commercial DC-4 airliner, the C-54 Skymaster was a workhorse transport aircraft for both the United States A...
1951
The Douglas Skyknight was a dedicated carrier-based night fighter serving with the United States Navy (USN) and Marine Corps ...
1947
Fairchild Corporation produced a winner in the post-war world with the introduction of the C-119 "Flying Boxcar". The Boxcar ...
1943
The Fairey Firefly was a hugely successful, two-seat, carrierborne fighter aircraft serving with the Royal Fleet Air Arm thro...
1944
The Gloster Meteor became Britain's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. It reached operational status in the latt...
1944
The F7F Tigercat was another carrier-borne aircraft development in Grumman's long line of "cat" named fighters. The system wa...
1950
The Grumman F9F Panther series saw extensive combat in the Korean War for the United States Navy, accounting for over 78,000 ...
1949
The Grumman HU-16 Albatross platform made appearances all across the globe with United States military forces, rescuing downe...
1945
The Hawker Sea Fury was developed out Hawker's Typhoon and Tempest aircraft designs utilized by Britain during World War 2. T...
1944
The Ilyushin IL-10 was a follow-up design to the classic IL-2 "Shturmovik", an armored ground attack aircraft that won the ai...
1947
The Lavochkin La-11 was designed from the successful Lavochkin La-9 series of piston engine fighters with the difference bein...
1946
The Lavochkin La-9 series (codename "Fritz" by NATO) was a direct development of the Lavochkin La-126 prototype. In essence, ...
1945
The Lockheed Constellation series of aircraft was a successful design that initially began as a militarized transport, appear...
1950
The F-94 (nicknamed "Starfire" in the "C" model only) was developed from the successful twin-seat Lockheed trainer aircraft k...
1947
The P2V Neptune series of aircraft was one of the more successful post-war designs for America, with service that spanned dec...
1945
The Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star is undoubtedly the world's most successful first generation jet-powered fighter. Appeari...
1948
During World War 2, all major participants were evolving their jet programs to gain an advantage in the ongoing effort. The m...
1947
The twin-engine, single-seat F2H Banshee was based on the successes that the McDonnell company found with the F1H Phantom ser...
1949
The MiG-15 (codenamed "Fagot" by the United Nations in reference to a "hastily bundled pile of sticks") became the Soviet Uni...
1948
Development of the XB-45 began in 1944 and continued into 1945, representing the later years of the Second World War. With re...
1946
The F-82 Twin Mustang was a purposely-designed aircraft charged with the purpose of providing the United States Air Force wit...
1949
The F-86 Sabre was the product of the North American Aviation Company based in the United States of America. The aircraft ser...
1940
The North American P-51 Mustang proved an invaluable addition to the Allied cause in the latter half of World War 2. The syst...
1950
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion delivered a decade of service to the United States Air Force, charged with the critical defense of...
1947
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet appeared as an American post-war design and played a pivotal role in the early years that was th...
1950
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw was an excellent multipurpose transport helicopter that saw use in various roles on a global scal...
1942
When the land-based Hawker Hurricane was successfully converted into the carrier-based "Sea Hurricane", thought was given to ...
1942
Russian aviation engineer Andrei Tupolev would lend his surname to a plethora of Soviet-era aircraft after founding his Tupol...
1942
The F4U Corsair series of aircraft was one of the finer fighter developments of the Second World War, primarily seeing combat...
1943
In line with other classic wartime fighters of World War 2, the Yakovlev-produced Yak-9 was another excellent piston-engine a...
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