The Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter and carrier-based bomber aircraft designed and manufactured by Chance Vought. The Corsair gained popularity soon after its introduction and received ...

The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...

More than 12,500 examples of this aircraft were manufactured by Vought beginning in 1940, with final delivery of 1953, in what is known as the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U ...

The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ...

In the European Theater of World War II, the P-51 Mustang was the top aircraft when it came to shooting down or otherwise nullifying Axis airpower. In the Pacific, planes like the P-38 Lightning ...

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★ Vought FG-1D Corsair ★ Another fighter powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800, the Corsair was intended for the Navy, but the initial designs provided pilot visibility too poor for carrier landings.

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Enclosed in its own hanger at the Bamberg County Airport is one of the U.S.'s greatest fighter planes, a 1945 Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair. One of the few to survive foreign wars, as well as the hungry ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...