2006年10月2日 · There were anti-submarine operations in the Atlantic, but I have been unable to find evidence of a single air-to-air combat between US Navy fighters and German or Italian …

It was the fleet air arm that first used the Corsair from a carrier. Ironically for an aircraft that made its name in the Pacific, the Corsair’s first carrier action came in the North Sea. On 2 April 1944, …

F4U-1 (Corsair Mk I Fleet Air Arm): The first production version of the Corsair with the original cockpit seat height and "bird cage" canopy. The differences over the XF4U-1 were as follows:

The F4U-4B, like his older brother -1B was the official US designation of the F4U-4 for the British Fleet Air Arm. All F4U-4B ordered were cancelled at the end of the war by the Fleet Air Arm, …

The Corsair served with the US Navy, US Marines, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (postwar, the French Aeronavale and other services), and quickly …