F4U Corsair

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

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  XF4U-1 prototype
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  early F4U-1
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  F4U-1s of VF-17
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  F4U-1 "bouncing" on USS Bunker Hill in 1943
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  F4U-1 at the NACA in 1943
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  Vought F4U-1A Corsair, BuNo 17883, of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the commander of VMF-214, Vella Lavella end of 1943
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  F4U-1As of VF-17 in 1944
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  USMC F4U-1s in 1944
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  Corsair firing rockets on Okinawa
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  W.L. Hood on his Corsair, Okinawa, 1945
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  F4U-1 final assembly
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  British F4U in formation flight, November 1944
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  Naval Ordnance Test Station's F4U-1D in 1945
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  FG-1A of Marine Air Base Group 2
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  A FG-1D during the Second World War
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  Goodyear built FG-1D
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  RNZAF FG-1D Goodyear built Corsair
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  P & W R-2800-8 engine of a FG-1
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  Underside view of a Corsair F4U-1
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  Almost top view of FG-1D
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  F4U-1D at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center

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  An F4U-2 night fighter

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  XF4U-3 in 1946

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

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  F2G-1 in 1945
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  Goodyear built F2G-1 "Super" Corsair
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  Goodyear F2G No.84 NX5588N

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  Goodyear F2G-2 No.74 N5577N in 2012

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

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  AU-1 in 1952
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  AU-1 at Quantico in the late 1950s
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  AU-1 at Quantico in the late 1950s

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  Aéronavale F4U-7 in 1952

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  French Navy F4U-7 Corsair during an airshow in 2006
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  French Navy F4U-7 Corsair
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  AirExpo 2007
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  AirExpo 2007
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  AirExpo 2007
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  AirExpo 2007
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  AirExpo 2007