Royal Thai Air Force Museum

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force (Template:Langx) is located in Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base 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. It has been served by the Royal Thai Air Force Museum BTS station since 16 December 2020.[1]

Overview

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Grumman F8F Bearcat at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum
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in front of the 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,[2] 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.[3]

The museum provides details of Thailand's role in World War II. Imperial Japanese forces landed at various points in Thailand on 8 December 1941, and after resisting for one day, the Thai forces were ordered to cease fire and allow Japanese forces to pass through the kingdom. The Thai government of Field Marshal Pibun Songkram would also declare war on both Britain and the United States in January 1942 (though the declaration was never delivered to the US by the Thai ambassador), and Thailand remained technically a Japanese ally until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, despite the existence of a large anti-Japanese underground. The museum contains several paintings of Thai fighter aircraft intercepting attacking US B-29s, P-38s and P-51s.

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Pro-Japanese, anti British poster at the museum

Renovation

Since 2012, the Royal Thai Air Force Museum has received basic repair.[4] In 2020 Royal Thai Air Force Museum has renovated the museum to renovation of the Air Force Museum building area to prepare for the Royal Thai Air Force Academic Seminar 2020. The objectives of the renovation is for create an understanding of the RTAF Strategic Direction / Position, which recognizes the national defense industry in accordance with government policy which will lead to concrete Thailand 4.0 and raise awareness in the development of Sustainable and Smart Air Force with transparency and also enhance knowledge in every dimension (All Domains) in the development of the Air Force and listen to opinions from relevant parties to be a guideline for mobilization of national forces For the development of the Air Force.[5]

Aircraft on display

Thai Type Foreign Model RTAF Serial Number
Attacker Type 3[6] Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver J3-4/94[7]
Attacker Type 4[6] Fairey Firefly J4-11/94[7]
Attacker Type 5[8] Rockwell OV-10C Bronco J5-10/14[7]
Attacker Type 6 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly J6-12/15[7]
Attacker Type 6[8] Cessna A-37B Dragonfly J6-13/15[7]
Bomber Type 1[9] Breguet 14 Replica[7]
Bomber Type 2[6] Boripatra ...
Cargo Type 1[10] Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor ...
Cargo Type 2[10] Douglas C-47 Skytrain ...
Cargo Type 4[10] Fairchild C-123B Provider L4-6/07[7]
Cargo Type 11Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Boeing 737 L11-1/26[7]
Communications Type 1Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Fairchild 24 ...
Fighter Type 7Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Boeing Model 100E ...
Fighter Type 10[9] Curtiss Hawk III ...
Fighter Type 11[9] Curtiss Hawk 75N ...
Fighter Type 14[11] Supermarine Spitfire XIV Kh14-1/93[7]
Fighter Type 15[11] Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat Kh15-178/98[7]
Fighter Type 16[10] Republic F-84G Thunderjet Kh16-06/99[7]
Fighter Type 17[10] North American F-86F Sabre Kh17-10/04[7]
Fighter Type 17A[10] North American F-86L Sabre Kh17k-5/06[7]
Fighter Type 18 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter N/A[N 1]
Fighter Type 18[10] Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter Kh18-13/17[7]
Fighter and Observation Type 18Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Northrop RF-5A Freedom Fighter TKh18-3/13[7]
Fighter Type 18B[10] Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter Kh18k-1/09[7]
Helicopter Type 1[11] Westland WS-51 Dragonfly H1-4/96[7]
Helicopter Type 1A[11] Sikorsky YR-5A H1k-1/96[7]
Helicopter Type 2A[11] Hiller UH-12B Raven H2k-4/96[7]
Helicopter Type 3[11] Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw H3-3/97[7]
Helicopter Type 4[11] Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw ...
Helicopter Type 4A[11] Sikorsky S-58T H4k-64/30[7]
Helicopter Type 5[11] Kaman HH-43B Huskie H5-2/05[7]
Helicopter Type 6[11] Bell UH-1H Iroquois ...
Helicopter Type 6A[11] Bell 212 ...
Helicopter Type 6B[11] Bell 412 ...
Helicopter Type 6C[11] Bell 412SP ...
Helicopter Type 6D[11] Bell 412EP ...
Helicopter Type 7[11] Bell OH-13H Sioux H7-9/15[7]
Helicopter Type 8[11] Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III H8-01/38[7]
Helicopter Type 9[11] Eurocopter AS-332L-2 Super Puma II ...
Liaison Type 3[6] Piper L-4 S3-4/90[7]
Liaison Type 4[6] Stinson L-5 Sentinel S4-10/90[7]
Liaison Type 5[6] Beechcraft Bonanza 35 ...
Liaison Type 6[6] Grumman G-44A Widgeon ...
Mapping Helicopter Type 1[11] Bell 206B JetRanger ...
Mapping Helicopter Type 2[11] Kawasaki KH-4 ...
Observation and Attacker Type 1[9] Vought V-93S ...
Observation Type 2[6] Cessna O-1A Bird Dog T2-27/15[7]
Observation Type 2 Cessna O-1E Bird Dog T2-29/15[7]
Trainer Type 6[9] Tachikawa Ki-55 ...
Trainer Type 8 North American T-6F Texan F8-99/94[7]
Trainer Type 8[6] North American T-6G Texan ...
Trainer Type 9[6] de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk ...
Trainer Type 10[6] de Havilland Tiger Moth ...
Trainer Type 11Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star F11-23/13[7]
Trainer and Observation Type 11Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star TF11-5/10[7]
Trainer and Observation Type 11Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star TF11-8/13[7]
Trainer and Attacker Type 13Script error: No such module "Unsubst". North American T-28 Trojan JF13-106/14[7]
Trainer Type 17[6] RTAF-4 F17-3/17[7]
Trainer Type 18Script error: No such module "Unsubst". RFB Fantrainer F18-01/27[7]
Trainer Type 18Script error: No such module "Unsubst". RFB Fantrainer F18k-15/32[7]
Utility Type 1[6] Helio U-10B Courier ...
N/A[N 2] Breguet Type III Replica[7]
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

See also

References

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  3. ↑ This aircraft type was never operated by the RTAF.
  4. ↑ This aircraft type was never operated by the RTAF.

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