F4u- Corsair Fuerza Aerea Hondurena
100-Hour War of 1969 — better known internationally as the “Football War” — between El Salvador and Honduras
Monday, July 14, 1969, the date on which Honduras was attacked by El Salvador to begin the so-called “100-Hour War”. This war was the last war in which the legendary Corsairs took part, Honduras
having purchased 22 F4u-4 Corsair & F4u-5 Corsairs in 1955.
The Honduran government parted ways with the Corsairs in the late 1970s, although they retained one example, F4U-5N Bu124715/FAH609, for historical purposes. This is the aircraft in which Major Soto Henriquez allegedly shot down two F-51 Mustangs and an FG-1D Corsair during combat over El Salvador on July 17, 1969 – the last time piston-engined fighters fought each other in the skies.
The “100-Hour War” marked the end of the era of aerial combat between piston-engined fighters
the Corsairs.
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The Hondurans sold their remaining Corsairs as a work lot to Hollywood Wings of Long Beach, California in 1978. Seven of these Corsairs were complete and in good enough condition to fly under their own steam back to the US, while dismantled parts from ten other examples made the journey by rail.