Royal Thai Air Force Museum
 Grumman F8F Bearcat at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum | |
  Location in Thailand | |
| Location | Bangkok |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 13°55′11″N 100°37′20″E / 13.919832°N 100.622256°E |
| Type | Aviation museum |
The Royal Thai Air Force Museum is located in Don Mueang District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on the Phahonyothin road just to the south of Wing 6 of the domestic terminal of the Don Mueang Airport.
Overview
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in front of Royal Thai Air Force Museum
The museum was established in 1952 to collect, preserve and restore different airplanes and other aviation equipment used by the Royal Thai Air Force. In addition to one F11C and other rare aircraft,[1] the museum's collection also includes one of only 2 surviving Japanese Tachikawa Ki-36 trainers, the last surviving Vought O2U Corsair, one of 3 surviving Curtiss BF2C Goshawks, a Spitfire and several Nieuports and Breguets.[2]
The museum provides details of Thailand's role in World War II. Imperial Japanese forces landed in southern Thailand on 8 December 1941 and after a skirmish of several hours Thai forces were ordered to cease fighting the Japanese. Thailand declared war on Britain and it is said also on the United States in January 1942 and remained a Japanese ally until the Japanese surrender in August 1945. The museum contains several paintings of Thai fighter aircraft intercepting US B-29s, P-38s and P-51s.
Pro-Japanese, anti British poster at the museum
Aircraft on display
| Thai Type | Foreign Model | RTAF Serial Number |
|---|---|---|
| Attacker Type 3[3] | Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver | J3-4/94[4] |
| Attacker Type 4[3] | Fairey Firefly I | J4-11/94[4] |
| Attacker Type 5[5] | Rockwell OV-10C Bronco | J5-10/14[4] |
| Attacker Type 6 | Cessna A-37B Dragonfly | J6-12/15[4] |
| Attacker Type 6[5] | Cessna A-37B Dragonfly | J6-13/15[4] |
| Bomber Type 1[6] | Breguet 14 | Replica[4] |
| Bomber Type 2[3] | Boripatra | ... |
| Cargo Type 1[7] | Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor | ... |
| Cargo Type 2[7] | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | ... |
| Cargo Type 4[7] | Fairchild C-123B Provider | L4-6/07[4] |
| Cargo Type 11 | Boeing 737 | L11-1/26[4] |
| Communications Type 1 | Fairchild 24 | ... |
| Fighter Type 7 | Boeing P-12 | ... |
| Fighter Type 10[6] | Curtiss Hawk III | ... |
| Fighter Type 11[6] | Curtiss Hawk 75N | ... |
| Fighter Type 14[8] | Supermarine Spitfire XIV | Kh14-1/93[4] |
| Fighter Type 15[8] | Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat | Kh15-178/98[4] |
| Fighter Type 16[7] | Republic F-84G Thunderjet | Kh16-06/99[4] |
| Fighter Type 17[7] | North American F-86F Sabre | Kh17-10/04[4] |
| Fighter Type 17A[7] | North American F-86L Sabre | Kh17k-5/06[4] |
| Fighter Type 18 | Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter | N/A[N 1] |
| Fighter Type 18[7] | Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter | Kh18-13/17[4] |
| Fighter and Observation Type 18 | Northrop RF-5A Freedom Fighter | TKh18-3/13[4] |
| Fighter Type 18B[7] | Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter | Kh18k-1/09[4] |
| Helicopter Type 1[8] | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly | H1-4/96[4] |
| Helicopter Type 1A[8] | Sikorsky YR-5A | H1k-1/96[4] |
| Helicopter Type 2A[8] | Hiller UH-12B Raven | H2k-4/96[4] |
| Helicopter Type 3[8] | Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw | H3-3/97[4] |
| Helicopter Type 4[8] | Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw | ... |
| Helicopter Type 4A[8] | Sikorsky S-58T | H4k-64/30[4] |
| Helicopter Type 5[8] | Kaman HH-43B Huskie | H5-2/05[4] |
| Helicopter Type 6[8] | Bell UH-1H Iroquois | ... |
| Helicopter Type 6A[8] | Bell 212 | ... |
| Helicopter Type 6B[8] | Bell 412 | ... |
| Helicopter Type 6C[8] | Bell 412SP | ... |
| Helicopter Type 6D[8] | Bell 412EP | ... |
| Helicopter Type 7[8] | Bell OH-13H Sioux | H7-9/15[4] |
| Helicopter Type 8[8] | Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III | H8-01/38[4] |
| Helicopter Type 9[8] | Eurocopter AS-332L-2 Super Puma II | ... |
| Liaison Type 3[3] | Piper L-4 | S3-4/90[4] |
| Liaison Type 4[3] | Stinson L-5 Sentinel | S4-10/90[4] |
| Liaison Type 5[3] | Beechcraft Bonanza 35 | ... |
| Liaison Type 6[3] | Grumman G-44A Widgeon | ... |
| Mapping Helicopter Type 1[8] | Bell 206B JetRanger | ... |
| Mapping Helicopter Type 2[8] | Kawasaki KH-4 | ... |
| Observation and Attacker Type 1[6] | Vought V-93S | ... |
| Observation Type 2[3] | Cessna O-1A Bird Dog | T2-27/15[4] |
| Observation Type 2 | Cessna O-1E Bird Dog | T2-29/15[4] |
| Trainer Type 6[6] | Tachikawa Ki-55 | ... |
| Trainer Type 8 | North American T-6F Texan | F8-99/94[4] |
| Trainer Type 8[3] | North American T-6G Texan | ... |
| Trainer Type 9[3] | De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | ... |
| Trainer Type 10[3] | De Havilland Tiger Moth | ... |
| Trainer Type 11 | Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star | F11-23/13[4] |
| Trainer and Observation Type 11 | Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star | TF11-5/10[4] |
| Trainer and Observation Type 11 | Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star | TF11-8/13[4] |
| Trainer and Attacker Type 13 | North American T-28 Trojan | JF13-106/14[4] |
| Trainer Type 17[3] | RTAF-4 | F17-3/17[4] |
| Trainer Type 18 | RFB Fantrainer | F18-01/27[4] |
| Trainer Type 18 | RFB Fantrainer | F18k-15/32[4] |
| Utility Type 1[3] | Helio U-10B Courier | ... |
| N/A[N 2] | Breguet Type III | Replica[4] |
| N/A[N 3] | Douglas A-1 Skyraider | N/A |
| N/A[N 4] | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | N/A |
| ... | Pazmany PL-2 | ... |
| ... | RTAF-2 | ... |
| ... | RTAF-5 | ... |
Gallery
Tachikawa Ki-36
Boeing 100E
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk
Vought O2U Corsair (under the codename V-93S/SA)
Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe SM914. Royal Thai Air Force serial KH14-1/93
Westland Dragonfly WS-51 Mk.1A H1-4/96 (cn WA/H/120)
F-5A 97158
Retired AV-8S Thai Navy
A-7E Thai Navy
L-39 ZA/ART
Ex Vietnamese Air Force Mig-21
Retired Douglas A-1 Skyraider
OV-10
G-222
Helio U-10B
See also
References
- ↑ Boyne, Walter J. (2001). The Best of Wings Magazine. Brassey's. p. 41. ISBN 1574883682.
- ↑ Cummings, Joe; China Williams. Bangkok. Lonely Planet. p. 98. ISBN 1740594606.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Building 1". Royal Thai Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Darke, Steve (26 December 2016). "ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE MUSEUM, DON MUEANG" (PDF). The Thai Aviation Website. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- 1 2 "Building 3: Aircraft used during anti-communism campaign". Royal Thai Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Building 2". Royal Thai Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Outdoor Display". Royal Thai Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Building 5". Royal Thai Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Notes
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Coordinates: 13°55′11″N 100°37′20″E / 13.919832°N 100.622256°E
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