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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured...
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    This list of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs by country location includes information about the aircraft, including model number, bureau number, fuselage...
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    The W.A.R. F4U Corsair is a 50% scale homebuilt replica of the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair Second World War carrier fighter. The aircraft is a single place...
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    Goodyear F2G Corsair, often referred to as the "Super Corsair", is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft...
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  • Constable & Robinson#History Vought F4U Corsair, a US Navy World War II and Korean War fighter aircraft Vought SBU Corsair, a US Navy biplane dive bomber first...
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  • The Historical F4U Corsair is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by the Historical Aircraft Corporation of Nucla, Colorado...
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    SBU Corsair scout bomber of the 1930s. During World War II, the firm made the successful F4U Corsair. The name Corsair II reflects the well-known F4U Corsair...
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    deployed to the South Pacific and began flying combat missions in the F4U Corsair fighter. On August 14, 1943, he took command of Marine fighter squadron...
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  • Vought SBU Corsair, a biplane dive bomber aircraft Vought F4U Corsair, a monoplane shipborne fighter/dive bomber aircraft LTV A-7 Corsair II, a single-seat...
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    F4U-1 Corsair and the most successful of them all. Blackburn wanted a squadron insignia that had a piratical theme to it to match the F4U's Corsair designation;...
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    bombers during the war, including the US Navy's Vought F4U Corsair, with the XF4U-1 first prototype Corsair becoming the first airframe to fly (as originally...
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    Vought produced thousands of planes during World War II, including the F4U Corsair. Vought became independent again in 1954, and was purchased by Ling-Temco-Vought...
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    World War II flying ace, and the first commanding officer of the famed F4U Corsair squadron VF-17 Jolly Rogers. John Thomas Blackburn was born in Annapolis...
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    AVIATION (PDF). MIT Security Studies Program. Kinzey, Bert. F4U Corsair Part 2: F4U-4 Through F4U-7: Detail and Scale Vol 56. Carrolton, Texas: Squadron Signal...
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    against the best late-war Allied fighters, such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and P-51 Mustang. Kawanishi's N1K was originally built as a single pontoon...
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    gaining that role, it prevailed over its faster competitor, the Vought F4U Corsair, which initially had problems with visibility and carrier landings. Powered...
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    first aircraft the squadron received were ten SNJ-4 Texans and one F4U-1A Corsair. As their unit crest the squadron members choose a satan-like bulldog...
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  • the unit. Hudner integrates well into the squadron, which is assigned F4U-4 Corsairs – powerful planes with a reputation for fatal accidents if not handled...
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    Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. An advanced turbosupercharger system ensured the aircraft's eventual...
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    109s, and light bombers were quickly withdrawn. In contrast, the Vought F4U Corsair fighter—which entered service in December 1942—had in common with its...
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    VMF-124 in 1942 and was the first Marine squadron to fly the Vought F4U Corsair during World War II and also one of the first Marine squadrons to be...
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    height of 16 feet (4.9 m) which allowed storage of Lend-Lease Vought F4U Corsair fighters once their wingtips were clipped. The hangar was designed to...
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  • Observation/liaison aircraft Timm N2T Tutor - Trainer Vought F4U Corsair - Carrier-based fighter Vought O3U Corsair - Scout Vought OS2U Kingfisher - Observation aircraft...
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    Computer-generated images of F4U Corsairs appear in the 2006 Second World War drama Flags of Our Fathers directed by Clint Eastwood. An F4U Corsair named Skipper Riley...
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    bombers VT-82: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers VMF-112: 18 F4U Corsair fighters VMF-123: 17 F4U Corsair fighters 2 light carriers Belleau Wood (Capts. John Perry...
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    model powered by two 80 hp (60 kW) Continental A-80 engines turning F4U Corsair propellers. Later were fitted with a pair of specially modified 16 ft...
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    Shoot). The squadron returned to the States, transitioning to the Vought F4U Corsair in January 1945 at NAS Atlantic City. VF-10 returned to the Pacific aboard...
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    squadron was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG 32) flying the F4U Corsair and began training immediately for combat in the South Pacific. In February...
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    & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 1-85780-186-5. Green, William. "Vought F4U-1, F4U-4 (FG-1 Corsair)". War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters....
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  • aircraft, but is best known for designing the World War II-era Vought F4U Corsair fighter plane. Beisel was born on October 24, 1893, in San Jose, California...
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