{"id":1331,"date":"2022-01-06T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/?page_id=1331"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:15:43","slug":"fighters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/?page_id=1331","title":{"rendered":"Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"porto-u-heading  wpb_custom_95aa9a11c17ad45cfabaf210d84ee7cc porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac \"><div class=\"porto-u-main-heading\"><h2  >Fighters<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"porto-u-sub-heading\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">War Eagles fighter aircraft include aircraft that defined aviation air-to-air combat during World War II and the Korean Conflict. There are Cold Warriors from both sides of the Atlantic represented in the museum\u2019s collection of fighters.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><style>.porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac.porto-u-heading{text-align:center}<\/style><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Curtiss P-40E Warhawk \u2013 <\/strong>War Eagles P-40E was built in 1941 and sent to the Royal Canadian Air Force where it flew patrol in British Columbia and the Aleutian Islands. It was declared Surplus in 1947 and sold to an American collector for $50. The aircraft was eventually acquired by air cinema specialists Tallmantz Aviation and played a role in the 1970 film <em>Tora, Tora, Tora. <\/em>Sold again, the plane flew the air show circuit from 1982-1985 before being sold to museum founder John MacGuire in 1985. The plane is painted to reflect the famed P-40s flown by the American Volunteer Group in China under General Clair Chennault\u2019s Flying Tigers.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;870&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1341&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"porto-u-heading  wpb_custom_95aa9a11c17ad45cfabaf210d84ee7cc porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac \"><div class=\"porto-u-main-heading\"><h2  >Featured Fighters<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"porto-u-sub-heading\" style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_3141-Edit-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtiss P-40E<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Hawker-Fury-FB-MKII.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawker Fury FB MKII<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lockheed-P-38L-5-LO.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed P-38L-5-LO<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MiG-15bis-Fagot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiG-15bis Fagot<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mig-21-Fishbed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiG-21PFM Fishbed<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-AviationCanadair-F-86-Sabre.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation\/Canadair F-86 Sabre<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-Aviation-FJ-2-Fury.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation FJ-2 Fury<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-P-51D-Mustang.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation P-51D<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F-84F-Thunderstreak.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><style>.porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac.porto-u-heading{text-align:center}<\/style><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Curtiss P-40E Warhawk \u2013 War Eagles P-40E was built in 1941 and sent to the Royal Canadian Air Force where it flew patrol in British Columbia and the Aleutian Islands. It was declared Surplus in 1947 and sold to an American collector for $50. 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