F4U Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought’s manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–53).

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• Pros & Cons
  • Pros
    • Very high top-speed, high altitude
    • Carrier take-off & landing
    • Capable carrying bombs, rockets
    • Six .50-caliber machine guns
  • Cons
    • Heavy, large turn radius
• Engine
  • F4U-1:
    • Default: R-2800-8 Radial Engine (2,000 hp)
    • Upgrade: R-2800-8W Radial Engine (2,250 hp)
  • F4U-1A:
    • Default: R-2800-8W Radial (2,250 hp)
    • Upgrade: R-2800-18W Radial (2,450 hp)
• Armament
  • Default:
    • 6 x .50 cal machine guns
  • Upgrade 1:
    • 2 x 100 lb bombs
  • Upgrade 2:
    • 2 x 250 lb bombs
  • Upgrade 3:
    • 2 x 500 lb bombs
• Stats
  • Max speed: 446 mph (718 km/h; 388 kn)
  • Max dive speed: N/A
  • Durability: 950
  • Internal fuel capacity: 237 US gallons (897 litres)
  • External fuel capacity: N/A
  • Empty weight: 9,205 lb (4,175 kg)
  • Wing area: 29.2 sqr meter
• Variants
  • F4U-1
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  • VMF 124 first the first Marine Corsair Squadron to deploy in Guadalcanal in January 1943, this particular plane, Black 17, was the personal ride of 1st Lt Howard J. Finn.
  • F4U-1A
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  • This plane was flown by legendary Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, CO of the Black Sheep Squadron, VMF-214, Vella Lavella, dec 1943.