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A Vought F4U-5NL
Corsair
(U.S. Navy BuNo 124715) on display at the Museo del Aire, Tegucigalpa (Honduras). This aircraft was sold to Honduras (s/n FAH-609) in 1956. In the so-called "Football War", Cap. Fernando Soto in FAH-609 shot down a Salvadoran air force Cavalier F-51D
Mustang
and two Goodyear FG-1D
Corsair
s on 17 July 1969 during the last known air combat between piston-engined aircraft. FAH-609 was finally retired in 1981.
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