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F4U Corsair
Vought F4U Corsair (USMC).jpg
A restored F4U-4 Corsair in Korean War-era U.S. Marine Corps markings
Role Carrier-based fighter-bomber
National origin United States
Manufacturer Chance Vought
First flight 29 May 1940
Introduction 28 December 1942
Retired 1953 (United States)
1979 (Honduras)
Primary users United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Royal Navy
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Produced 1942–53
Number built 12,571
Variants Goodyear F2G Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair was a fighter aircraft that fought in World War II and the Korean War. Vought could not keep up with demand for the aircraft, so Goodyear and Brewster made them. It was deployed in large numbers starting in 1944, and has longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–1953).

The Corsair was used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, Fleet Air Arm and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the French Navy Aéronavale and other, smaller, air forces. Some Japanese pilots said it was the best American fighter of World War II, and the U.S. Navy reported an 11:1 kill ratio. Besides serving as a fighter, it became the most capable carrier-based fighter-bomber of World War II.

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  • F4U-Corsair OE-EAS OTT 2013 04 main landing gear

    Landing gear on an F4U-4 Corsair.

  • Boyingtons Corsair

    Vought F4U-1A Corsair, BuNo 17883, of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the commander of VMF-214, Vella Lavella end of 1943

  • Corsair Mk1 Quonset Point 1943

    FAA Corsair Is at NAS Quonset Point, 1943.

  • RAAF Boomerang with RNZAF Corsairs on Bougainville 1945

    RNZAF Corsairs with a Royal Australian Air Force CAC Boomerang on Bougainville, 1945.

  • F4U Corsair

    A United States Navy F4U-5NL Corsair equipped with the air intercept radar (right wing) and a 154-gallon drop tank in the Geneseo Airshow, on 9 July 2006

  • F4U-7 NAN3-53

    Early F4U-7 Corsair in flight in black and white with the former flashes of the French Naval Aviation

  • F4U-Corsair

    Former Argentine F4U-5NL in Aeronavale 14.F flotilla colors in 2006

  • F4U-1 Corsair in flight c1942

    An early F4U-1 in flight.

  • Brewster F3A-1 Corsair

    A F3A-1 in a dive

  • FG-1D NAN3-53

    A Goodyear-built FG-1D, with the later single-piece "blown" canopy used by the F4U-1D.

  • XF4U-3 NAN6 46

    An XF4U-3 in 1946.

  • F4U-5N VMFN-513 Wonsan 1950

    A VMF(N)-513 F4U-5N at Wonsan during the Korean War, 1950.

  • AU-1 Corsair in flight 1952

    A factory-fresh AU-1, 1952.

  • F9F Cougar & F4U COAN ARA

    Argentine F9F Cougar and F4U Corsairs, 1960s

  • Chance vought corsair f4u-5n FAH-609

    FAH-609

  • Vought AU-1 Corsair Standard Aircraft Characterisics 1953

    AU-1 Corsair Standard Aircraft Characteristics

  • XF4U-1 NACA 1940

    The XF4U-1 prototype in 1940/41, showing its more forward cockpit location

  • F4U-1 NACA 1943

    An early F4U-1 showing the "birdcage" canopy with rearwards production cockpit location.

  • Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of VF-17 in flight, 1943

    Early F4U-1s of VF-17

  • Ww2 157

    A Corsair fires its rockets at a Japanese stronghold on Okinawa

  • F4U Coursair Udvar Hazy

    Corsair on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

  • CorsairUnderside

    Underside of a Corsair

  • F4U-4 VF-1B CVB-41 1947-48

    An F4U-4 of VF-1b on board USS Midway, 1947–1948.

  • Corsair FG-1D Bu88391 RNZAF

    Corsair FG-1D (Goodyear built F4U-1D) in the Royal New Zealand Air Force markings

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