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F4U

The Vought F4U Corsair was literally built around the Pratt & Whitney 2,000 HP radial engine. The engine was so massive and produced so much energy that a Hamilton Standard 13 feet 4 inch propeller, the largest of WWII, was required. The F4U was the first American fighter aircraft to exceed 400 MPH. The Corsair was referred to by the Japanese as “Whispering Death” and became a legend in its own time. This aircraft was one of the most distinctive designs with it bent wings making it an icon.

F4U-1A Corsair White 29 VF-17 Jolly Rogers, Lt(JG). Ira C. Kepford

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F4U-1A Corsair White 86 VMF-214 Black Sheep, Major Gregory Boyington

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F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair USMC, VMF-214, Lt. Edwin L. Olander, Oct 1943

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FG-1D Corsair Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve pilot Lt. Robert Hampton Gray, 1841 Sqn., Royal Navy, 9th August 1945

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Corsair MK.II Sub Lt. Donald J. Sheppard, No. 1836 Squadron, HMS Victorious, Sakishima Islands, East China Seas, May, 1945

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F4U-1D Corsair flown by Lt.Cdr. Roger Hedrick VF-84, Wing 167, Bunker Hill February 1945

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F4U-1A CorsairVMF-111, No.122, Gilbert Islands, Sept, 1944

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F4U-1D Corsair White 530 of VMF-312, Okinawa, April, June 1945

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F4U-1D Corsair NZ5485 Kohimarama IX No 5 Servicing unit/ No 23 Sqn RNZAF, St Matthias Islands, August 1945

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F4U-1 Corsair "Eight Ball/Dangerous Dan", VMF-213, Guadalcanal

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F4U-1 Corsair BuNo.02714 "Spirit of 76", VMF-215, Munda, August 1943

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F4U-1D Corsair No.183, 1st Lt. Dean Caswell VMF-221, USS Bunker Hill, 1945 LE signed by Pilot Dean Caswell

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F4U-1D Corsair Lt. Col. Donald K. Yost, VMF-351, USS Cape Gloucester, 1945

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F4U-1 Corsair No. 13 Lt Kenneth Walsh, VMF-124, Munda 1943

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F4U-1 Corsair No.15 James N Cupp, VMF-213, 1943

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F4U-1 Corsair No.475 flown by 1st/Lt John F.Bolt Jr., VMF-214, Russell Islands 1943

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F4U-1A Corsair White 1 Big Hog Lt. Cdr. Tom Blackburn, VF-17, Nov 1943

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F4U-1A Corsair White 883 Martha, 1st Lt. Bob McClurg & Major Greg Boyington, VMF-214, Dec 1943

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F4U-1A Corsair "White 29", VF-17, Lt. Ira Kepford, Feb 1944

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F4U-2 Corsair "Midnite Cocktail" VMF(N)-532, USMC, Saipan, July 1944

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F4U-1 Corsair "Bird Cage" 17-F-13, VF-17 (aboard USS Bunker Hill), WWII2

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Vought F4U-1A Corsair 915 Major Greg -Pappy- Boyington VMF-214 Black Sheep US Navy Rabaul 1944

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F4U-4 Corsair White 18, VMF-323 "Death Rattlers", USS Sicily, June 1951 (with 8 HVAR rockets)

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F4U-4 Corsair "Medal of Honor" White 205, flown by LTJG Thomas (Lou) Hudner, VF-32, USS Leyte, 4th Dec 1950

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F4U-4 Corsair White 211, flown by Ensign Jesse L. Brown, VF-32, USS Leyte, 4th Dec 1950

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