The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
Development of the F4U Corsair began in early 1938, headed-up by Vought Aircraft’s Chief Engineer, Rex Biesel, who was a pioneer in the science and industry of aviation. He was the lead designer of several successful military and civilian aircraft, but his real glory was creation of the Corsair.
The Corsair was declared "ready for combat" at the end of 1942, though qualified to operate only from land bases until the last of the carrier qualification issues were worked out.
The F4U had an immediate impact on the Pacific air war. Unprotected by armor or self-sealing fuel tanks, no Japanese fighter or bomber could withstand for more than a few seconds the concentrated volley from the six .50 caliber machine guns carried by a Corsair. Marine and Navy pilots flew 64,051 operational sorties, 54,470 from runways and 9,581 from carrier decks. During the war, the British Royal Navy accepted 2,012 Corsairs and the Royal New Zealand Air Force accepted 364. The demand was so great that the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation and the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation also produced the F4U. On September 2, 1945, the Navy credited Corsair pilots with destroying 2,140 enemy aircraft in aerial combat.
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00:00 F4U Corsair Design and Development
03:02 Test Flights
06:41 Combat in the Pacific
11:25 "Pappy" Boyington and "Lucky" Lindbergh
13:04 Korea and Beyond
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