WARBIRDS
Famous combat aircraft profiles from WWII to the modern era. The planes, the pilots who flew them, and the missions that made them legendary.
“The Bent-Wing Bird” — F4U-1A Corsair
Major “Pappy” Boyington — Black Sheep Squadron
VMF-214 • Solomon Islands • 11:1 Kill Ratio
“Marge” — P-38J Lightning
Major Richard “Dick” Bong — America’s Ace of Aces
49th Fighter Group • Pacific Theater
“Aircraft #1” — B-25B Mitchell
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle — Tokyo Raid Lead
17th Bomb Group • USS Hornet • April 18, 1942
“Shangri-La” — P-51B Mustang
Captain Don Gentile — 4th Fighter Group Ace
336th Fighter Squadron • European Theater
“Glamorous Glen III” — P-51D Mustang
Captain Chuck Yeager — Ace in a Day, First to Break Mach 1
357th FG • 8th Air Force • European Theater
“Zero-Sen” — Mitsubishi A6M5
Saburo Sakai — Shot in the Head, Flew 4 Hours Home Blind
Tainan Air Group • Pacific Theater • 200+ Missions
“The Sled” — SR-71A Blackbird
Major Brian Shul — Burned Alive, Told He’d Never Fly Again
9th SRW • Cold War Recon • Edge of Space
“The Plane That Saved Britain” — Spitfire Mk Vb
Wing Cmdr Douglas Bader — No Legs, All Heart
Tangmere Wing • Battle of Britain • RAF
“The Ghost” — F-117A Nighthawk
Lt Col Dale Zelko — Shot Down, Then Befriended the Man Who Did It
49th FW • Gulf War / Kosovo • Only Stealth Loss
“Scat XXVII” — F-4C Phantom II
Brig Gen Robin Olds — The Mustache, The Legend
8th TFW • Vietnam • MiG Killer
“The Wooden Wonder” — Mosquito FB Mk VI
Group Capt Percy Pickard — Precision Strike Master
RAF • WWII Europe • 400+ mph Plywood
“Enola Gay” — B-29 Superfortress
Col Paul W. Tibbets Jr. — August 6, 1945
509th Composite Group • Pacific Theater
“Fishbed” — MiG-21PFM
Nguyễn Văn Cốc — VPAF Ace
Vietnam People’s Air Force • 11,000+ Built
“Whistling Death” — Ju 87G Stuka
Hans-Ulrich Rudel — Eastern Front Legend
Luftwaffe • WWII • 37mm Cannons
“Hun Hunter XVI” — P-47D Thunderbolt
Lt. Col. Francis “Gabby” Gabreski — America’s top ace in Europe
56th Fighter Group • 61st Fighter Squadron • July 20, 1944
“Memphis Belle” — B-17F Flying Fortress
Capt. Robert K. Morgan — 91st Bomb Group
8th Air Force • ETO 1942-43 • Daylight Bombing