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F4U/FG/F3A Corsair
A restored F4U-4 Corsair in Korean War-era U.S. Marine Corps markings
Role
Carrier-based fighter-bomber
Type of aircraft
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
Chance Vought
Built by
Goodyear Brewster
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
1942–1953[1]
Number built
12,571[2]
Variants
Goodyear F2G Corsair
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.
The Corsair was designed and operated as a carrier-based aircraft, and entered service in large numbers with the U.S. Navy in late 1944 and early 1945. It quickly became one of the most capable carrier-based fighter-bombers of World War II.[3] Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II and its naval aviators achieved an 11:1 kill ratio.[4][5] Early problems with carrier landings and logistics led to it being eclipsed as the dominant carrier-based fighter by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsair's initial prototype in 1940.[6] Instead, the Corsair's early deployment was to land-based squadrons of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.
The Corsair served almost exclusively as a fighter-bomber throughout the Korean War and during the French colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria.[7] In addition to its use by the U.S. and British, the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, French Naval Aviation, and other air forces until the 1960s.
From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured[2] in 16 separate models. Its 1942–1953 production run was the longest of any U.S. piston-engined fighter.[8][9][10]
^Cite error: The named reference Les Corsair français was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abShettle 2001, p. 107.
^Green 1975, p. 137.
^Jablonski 1979, p. 171.
^Donald 1995, p. 246.
^Gustin, Emmanuel. "Chance Vought F4U Corsair – XF4U-1 – Genesis". F4UCorsair.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^Pilot's Manual 1979, Prologue.
^O'Leary 1980, p. 116.
^Donald 1995, p. 244.
^Wilson 1996.
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