LT-6 Mosquito Forward Air Controller (Unusual Aircraft Collection)

The T-6 Texan was the most numerous military training aircraft ever made, earning it the name "pilot maker" during World War Two.   However this isn't a T-6 Texan, it's a variant called the Mosquito, which was given the designation LT-6 or T-6D.

The Mosquito was used as a forward-air controller (FAC) during theKorean War and the Vietnam War.   Pilots would fly over enemy territory and mark their positions using the phosphorus rockets you can see under the wings.   A larger ground attack plane would then drop bombs or explosive rockets onto the places the slow-flying Mosquito had marked.