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WAR EAGLES MUSEUM
MIG-15 "Fagot" (NATO reporting name for the MIG-15) outclassed straight-winged U.S. F-80 Shooting Star and F-84 Thunderjet fighters. Things changed after the swept-wing F-86 was introduced. The MIG had a better thrust-to-weight ratio and a higher ceiling but F-86 pilot skills made the difference with losses of 78 aircraft compared to 792 MIG-15s that were downed		Grumman TBF Avenger (TBM if built by General Motors) had three crew members: pilot, turret gunner and radioman/bombardier/ventral gunner. Future American President George H. W. Bush, was shot down while flying a TBM Avenger in 1944. Famous actor Paul Newman served as a rear gunner after failing pilot training due to color blindness		"Widow Maker" the P-38 Lightning was a tough-to-fly night fighter. It's unique design was nicknamed "fork-tailed devil" by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese
Waco EGC-8 designed as "executive transports" with custom cabins. Built in 1938, it had a 320 hp Wright R-760-E2 engine andt probably saw military service	F-86 Sabre seen here in South African Air Force colors, saw service in many nations	A-26 Invader (re-designated B-26 between 1948–1965) first saw action with the Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific theater, A-26s entered Europe with the Ninth Air Force in late September 1944	"Gooney Bird" shown in civil livery, the C-47/DC-3 is perhaps the most famous and well-loved aircraft in history. At least one remains in active commercial use in Canada	FJ-2 Fury a carrier based version of the F-86 Sabre swept wing fighter jet
Tupolev Tu-2 Soviet dive bomber (SDB) had speed similar to a single-seat fighter and was comparable to the German Junkers Ju-88	Republic F-84 Thunderjet was the Air Force's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War and was the first aircraft to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team.