More than 12,500 examples of this aircraft were manufactured by Vought beginning in 1940, with final delivery of 1953, in what is known as the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U ...

★ Vought FG-1D Corsair ★ Another fighter powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800, the Corsair was intended for the Navy, but the initial designs provided pilot visibility too poor for carrier landings.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...

The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...

The F4U Corsair was built for the US Navy, yet Britain’s Fleet Air Arm flew over 200 of them from 4 carriers in brutal sea conditions. From dogfights with Japanese Zeros to supporting Pacific landings ...

To Japanese ground troops, it was known as "whistling death." Such was the fear inspired by the F4U Corsair, the Stratford-built American fighter plane, as it swooped in to bomb and strafe Japanese ...

The F4U-4 as workers placed it on board the Midway this week. Photo credit: Courtesy, Midway Museum The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft ...

On June 12, 1943, the F4U-1 Corsair fighter crashed into the lake near Waukegan during practice landings and takeoffs from the USS Wolverine. The pilot, Carl Harold Johnson, survived the crash but was ...

Facing a shortage of modern naval fighters, Britain turned to the American F4U Corsair despite its dangerous carrier handling ...