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Whistling Death: Vought F4U-4 Corsair

The Vought F4U-4 Corsair is one of the most iconic aircraft in history. It remained in production for 11 years, longer than ...
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ...
A vintage F4U Corsair fighter-bomber — the type that helped the U.S. win World War II — has been added to the exhibits of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego. The Midway is the latest in a series of ...
In the cockpit of an F4U-4 Corsair fighter, probably in late 1950, Ensign Jesse L. Brown was the first African-American to complete Navy flight training and the first African-American naval aviator in ...
In one sense, the almost 80-year-old Chance Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft has come home. The warbird, which served from the end of World War II through the Korean War, along with a host of other ...
Westmoreland County residents who look skyward over Memorial Day weekend may see a “Korean War Hero” passing overhead. That’s what Wexford native Jim Tobul dubbed his restored 1945 F4U Corsair fighter ...
On Aug. 3, 1955, Koelsch was posthumously awarded the first Medal of Honor issued to a helicopter pilot. He also received the ...
Rex Beisel designed the legendary F4U Corsair fighter, a World War II piston heavyweight that served through the Korea conflict and was “one of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ finest fighters,” ...