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Early on, Shoemaker chose the Pratt-Whitney R-1830 Wasp air-cooled radial engine because of it’s long history of reliability, ... So, Vought engineers came up with the distinctive inverted gull-wing design which forever characterized the F4U Corsair. This "bent wing" design allowed the huge prop to clear the deck...
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www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html
www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html
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A brief history of one of America's premier combat aircraft, the F4U Corsair. ... The F4U Corsair earned a reputation unmatched in the annals of aviation history. Even today, this venerable warbird is regarded by many as one of the greatest combat aircraft ever built.
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www.calebflerk.com/corsair/index.htm
www.calebflerk.com/corsair/index.htm
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Vought F4U Corsair ... In the Pacific theater alone, in the course of 64,051 missions, Corsairs downed 2,140 enemy planes while only 189 Corsairs were lost - a ratio unmatched in the history of air warfare.
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daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/histf4u.htm
daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/histf4u.htm
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For additional data and history on the F4U, click here for Jack McKillop's article on Microworks.net. For more photos of this aircraft, visit my Naval Air War In the Pacific website. For a website devoted to the Corsair, click here for Johan de Swaef's website.
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daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/corsair.htm
daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/corsair.htm
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F4U Corsair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built ai...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U_Corsair
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Military Factory > Military Aircraft > Vought F4U Corsair ... The F4U Corsair series of aircraft was one of the finer fighter developments of the Second World War, primarily seeing combat in the Pacific Theater of War. The uniquely designed bent ... Global Firepower | Military Industrial Complex | Second World War History...
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www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id...
www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=87
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As promised to a fellow FT'r, here is my Corsair quiz; as much for the aircraft as for those who flew it ... Category: Fun Trivia: Quizzes: History: World War II: WW2 Aircraft ... Quiz about F4U Corsair...
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www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/F4U-Corsair-16046...
www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/F4U-Corsair-160465.html
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Vought F4U Corsair, fighter planes of WW2 ... Tommy Blackburn (CO of the Jolly Rogers) on the F4U Corsair: ... The F4U Corsair went on through many different models. It saw service in Korea, where Guy Bordelon flew an F4U-5N to become the Navy's only prop ace of that war.
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www.acepilots.com/planes/f4u_corsair.html
www.acepilots.com/planes/f4u_corsair.html
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This is possibly the best set of links to research about Vought F4U Corsairs currently on the web. I also have a Bulletin Board exclusively for the Vought F4U Corsair. A list of Corsair Books with ISBN Numbers is also available. ... Aviation History's Vought F4U Corsair Web Site...
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f4ucorsair.tld-productions.com/
f4ucorsair.tld-productions.com/
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