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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 by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.
F4U-1D 50375 coded 56 at the NASM- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. F4U-4 97264 coded B 210 of VF-192 owned by Dan Friedkin. F2G-1 88458 coded 57. F4U-4 97369 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. F4U-5N 124692 coded NP 5 of the Collings Foundation. F4U-4 97142 coded WR 18 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Developed into. Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III LTV A-7 Corsair II. The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [ 2 ] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title ...
Retired. 1945. Developed from. Vought F4U Corsair. The 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. The F2G was intended as a low-altitude interceptor and was equipped with a 28-cylinder, four-row Pratt & Whitney R-4360 air-cooled ...
15 March 1947. Number built. 1. Developed into. Vought XF5U. The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" is an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II. Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body (like a pancake flying, hence ...
2 September 1937. Retired. 1945. The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. [2] First used by the British in the North Atlantic, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the ...
Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was a Vought F4U Corsair squadron in the United States Marine Corps.The squadron, also known as the "Flying Buccaneers", fought in World War II but is perhaps best known for its role in the worst accident in naval aviation history when 22 of the squadron's 23 aircraft were lost flying through a typhoon on 25 January 1944.
The Chance Vought Aircraft company designed and constructed the Vought F4U Corsair as well as several other seaplanes and fighters until they moved in 1949. The Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division in Stratford built a total of 7,829 F4U fighters and these planes saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theatre of operations during World War II, and ...