F4U Corsair

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft conceived in 1938 and used during World War II until 1969.

[edit] F4U-1

XF4U-1 prototype	early F4U-1	F4U-1s of VF-17	F4U-1 "bouncing" on USS Bunker Hill in 1943
F4U-1 at the NACA in 1943	F4U-1As of VF-17 in 1944	USMC F4U-1s in 1944	Corsair firing rockets on Okinawa
W.L. Hood on his Corsair, Okinawa, 1945	F4U-1 final assembly	British F4U in formation flight, November 1944	Naval Ordnance Test Station's F4U-1D in 1945
FG-1A of Marine Air Base Group 2	A FG-1D during the Second World War	Goodyear built FG-1D	RNZAF FG-1D Goodyear built Corsair
P & W R-2800-8 engine of a FG-1	Underside view of a Corsair F4U-1	Almost top view of FG-1D	F4U-1D at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center

An F4U-2 night fighter

XF4U-3 in 1946

VBF-74 F4U-4s launching from USS Midway in 1945	Carrier Air Group 1 CAG-bird in 1947 on the USS Tarawa	F4U-4 of VF-1B on USS Midway, 1947/48	F4U-4s of MAG-33 in 1948
VMF-212 over Wright memorial, 1948	An F4U-4 going over the side of USS Sicily in 1948	Carrier landing of a VMF-312 F4U-4B in the late 1940s	Crash of the CAG's F4U-4 on the Coral Sea, 1950
F4U-4B of VF-113 over Inchon, 1950	VMF-214 on Sicily, 1950	F4U-4Bs launching from Valley Forge, 1950	F4U-4B just before launch from USS Sicily in Korea, 1950
VMF-323 on Badoeng Strait in 1950	VF-671 F4U-4s from the USS Tarawa in 1951	VMF-212 on USS Rendova in 1951	VMF-323 F4U-4s at Seoul, 1951
Crash of a VF-791 F4U-4 in 1951	CVG-11 F4U-4s on USS Philippine Sea, 1951/52	VF-871 F4U-4 on the USS Essex, 1952	VMF-312 on Bataan in 1952
F4U-4 after hitting the barrier on Leyte, 1952	F4U-4B just before launch from USS Boxer, Korea, July 1951	F4U-4 crash on USS Oriskany, 1953	F4Us on the Coral Sea, 1953
VMA-332 F4U-4 on USS Point Cruz in 1953	VMA-332 F4U-4 on USS Point Cruz in 1953	Corsair F4U-4-Navy seen from the top, France, July 2005	Corsair F4U-4-Navy seen from the right with apparent landing gear, in France, July 2005
Chance Vought F4U-4 at ILA 2006	F4U-4 seen from the front	Corsair F4U-4 folding wings	Corsair F4U-4 front view

F2G-1 in 1945

Goodyear built F2G-1 "Super" Corsair

F4U-5 from VMF-224 at MCAS Cherry Point	F4U-5N in 1949	F4U-5Ns of VC-3 over USS Boxer, 1951	F4U-5N of VMF(N)-513 in Korea
F4U-5Ns of VMF(N)-513, Nov. 1950	F4U-5N of VMF(N)-513, Nov. 1950	VMF(N)-513 aircraft in Korea	F4U-5N at the 2005 AirVenture Air Show at Oshkosh
F4U-5NL Corsair, at the Geneseo Airshow	Rear view, taxiing for take off