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.

Between April and June 1945, Planes of Fame's Corsair served with a carrier air support unit (CASU-33) before being withdrawn from active service on August 31, 1945. The Museum's F4U-1A was manufactured in Stratford, Connecticut and delivered on August 31, 1943. The Museum’s F4U-1A is a WWII Combat Veteran.

F4U-1A (Corsair Mk II) – A post-war denomination introduced to differentiate the mid-to-late production batch. This version – which would be the second production version – would have a new type of canopy, similar to a Malcolm hood type – …

An improved F4U-1A was in the Pacific with the Marines in the summer of 1943. But it was the British Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm who came up with the concept that brought Corsairs to sea duty for...

2022年1月10日 · US Navy Fighter Bomber (1940-76), 12,270 built. Probably the most famous fighter ever designed for any Navy, arguably, was the Vought F4U Corsair. Not only for its production, which went further than the Hellcat, and went shy of their land rivals, the P51 Mustang and P47 Thunderbolt, but certainly outlived them all but its active service.

F4U-1A/FG-1A/Corsair Mk II. 引擎与 F4U-1 相同，后期换成了注水后在 12400 英尺高度以 2700 转 2135 匹马力运行的 R-2800-8W 型，驾驶舱从鸟笼改为水滴型，同时驾驶舱后方两边的小窗被删除，机腹下的窗也被删除，右翼前缘安装了一个 6 英尺的失速条，右机翼上和右机身各 ...

On 18 July 1944, a British Corsair F4U-1A, JT404 of 1841 Naval Air Squadron, was involved in anti-submarine patrol from HMS Formidable en route to Scapa Flow after the Operation Mascot attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. It flew in company with a Fairey Barracuda.

2022年3月4日 · The F4U-1A is the newest addition to the Corsair lineup, filling the time gap between the F4U-1 Birdcage, and the F4U-1D (late-1943 through the end of 1944). The 1A possesses all the strengths of the 1-series F4Us, making her one of the best non-perked fighters in the American plane set, if not the game.

F4U-1A (Corsair Mk II): The designation F4U-1A does not appear in lists of Corsair Bureau Numbers and was not in official use, being applied post-war to differentiate mid-to-late production F4U-1s from the early production variant.

Personnel on Bougainville examine battle damage on F4U-1A (Bureau Number 17736), which battled Zeros over New Britain on 12 January 1944. The aircraft was assigned to VMF-216. Two trips into outer space were far in the future for carrier pilot Alan Shepard, pictured her in a VF-42 Corsair during a 1948 Mediterranean cruise.