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PLANO TRABUCO – The young pilot might have been on a strafing run, bearing down on a mock target when he lost control of his F4U Corsair in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains one day in ...
Here’s how it works. Divers explored the wreck of the US F4U–4 Corsair fighter-bomber on Iriomote Jima in March 2019. (Image credit: Justin Taylan/PacificWrecks.com) ...
Deeply immersed in the scorching aerial dogfights of the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Kenneth Walsh and his squadron faced a ...
The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft, an F4U-4 Corsair. The World War II and Korean War era fighter-bomber was craned aboard the ...
The aircraft, lying on coral reef about 70 feet (21) meters down, is the same type of F4U-4 Corsair that 2nd Lt. John McGrath was flying when he crashed off Iriomote Jima in July 1945, researcher ...
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Inside the F4U-4 Corsair

The F4U-4 Corsair was produced for longer than any other American piston-engine fighter. Its design started in 1939 and the ...
The Corsair we have in the gallery above, built in 1951, may not have been part of the war, but the hero genes are still there. It is of the F4U-5N variety, specifically designed to handle night ...
The F4U-4 Corsair was flown by both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, known for its role in helping win the aviation battle in the later stages of World War II. During this time, it had an 11 ...
The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National Air and Space Museum in September 1960. Vought delivered this Corsair, Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 50375, to the Navy on April 26, 1944 ...
The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National Air and Space Museum in September 1960. Vought delivered this Corsair, Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 50375, to the Navy on April 26, 1944 ...