Corsairs (1) ...

[Mark Allen M]

Source, SDAM archives, USN archives, my own collection.


Goodyear FG-1D Corsair out of NAS NewYork 1947


Goodyear FG-1D Corsair out of NAS Livermore 1946




Lt jg Tom TK Killefer of VF-17 after a forced landing on Nissan Island in his Chance-Vought F4U March 1944


Shotup F4U returns to Torokina


Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-115 Leyte Island Dec 6 1944


Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair


Okinawa 1945


Peleliu 1944


VMF-216 Corsairs Torokina airstrip Bougainville








VMF-213 Munda 1943




F4U Corsair On Fligh tDeck of USS Sable


F4U-1A Corsair VMF-212

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[Mark Allen M]

USS Midway 1946




Flight of Corsairs near NAS Norfolk Virginia


Vought F4U-4X-Corsair






Corsairs of VMF 312 over Espirtu Santo New Hebrides Oct 1944


Corsairs of VMF 312 over Espirtu Santo New Hebrides Nov 1944


F4U Corsair flight over Maui


F4U-1 Corsairs VF-12

[Mark Allen M]

Ie Shima 1945


USS Bunker Hill 1945


USS Essex 1945


USS Essex 1945








USS Enterprise






USS Shangri La 1945


USS Randolph 1947


USS Randolph 1947


USS Randolph 1947


USS Randolph 1947

[Noha307]

Amazing as always. I particularly love the sequence with the skewed landing, it's neat to see an entire event frame by frame. It reminds me of the series of pictures of the USS Savannah being hit by a German glide bomb.

The "action" shot below the Enterprise nose-stand picture is excellent as well.

I count 105 missions on Mr. 122/269!

I have to ask about the varying resolution of the pictures though. Did some just not scan as well as others? (cf. First two pictures)

[The Inspector]

Wonder what caused the buckle in the fuselage under the cockpit on # 87, did the pilot win that days 'take THAT earth' contest?

Looks like #527 got a bit too close to the campfire,

And the sequence on the Randolph is beyond impressive given the windshield is completely oiled over.
more nice stuff Mark

[Warbird Kid]

Was wondering when we were going to see some gull wings.

[SaxMan]

"Ole 122" was one of the planes you could build with Revell's "Collector's Choice" 1/72 scale models back in the '70s. The kit gave you three different markings (and sometimes parts) to make it one of three different planes. In the case of the Corsair, your choices were "Ole 122", Ike Kepford's "White 29" from VF-17 and "White 69" from the USS Franklin 1945 (either VF-5 or VMF-214...not sure which squadron it was from).

From what I recall about "Ole 122", it flew 100 dive bombing missions and was awared a Presidential Unit Citation for the feat, with the citation being varnished into the cockpit. I do not know what its ultimate fate was.

[zorro7]

Mark:

Good day!

Tks for posting/finding all those nice F4U pictures. It's hard to establish a scheme pattern with Corsairs, all kinds of letters, numbers, no markings, odd markings etc.

p.s If you happen to find the F4U-5Ns of the Korean conflict tail code NP (in particular) plz do not hesitate to post'em.

Thank you again!

[Mark Allen M]

NAS Grosse Ille one of Dad's old units


F4U-4B Corsair 97428


F4U-5N Corsair


F4U-4 Corsair CVG 19 VF-192 CV-37 USS Princeton


AU-1 Corsair


F4U-5N Corsair 123199


F4U-5N USS Philippine Sea 1952


F4U-4 Corsair VMF 212

[gary1954]

Surrender.. ..whats the difference in the Corsair sporting a three-blade vs. four-blade prop .

[muddyboots]

how did they end up using corsairs during Korea and not ( I assume) any of the other WWII vintage birds like the bearcat?

[TROJANII]

"F4U-4B Corsair 97428" Does it look like the drop tank is hanging funny to anyone else?

"F4U-4 Corsair VMF 212" Get caught on the beach?

[K5DH]

Surrender.. ..whats the difference in the Corsair sporting a three-blade vs. four-blade prop .

Early Corsairs had the three-bladed prop. From F4U-4 on, they had four blades.

[K5DH]

how did they end up using corsairs during Korea and not ( I assume) any of the other WWII vintage birds like the bearcat?

Corsairs were tough, versatile, able to carry a big load, fairly long-legged, and plentiful. They could serve as a day fighter, night fighter, and fighter-bomber. The Corsair remained in production long after WW2 ended. Bearcats were mainly a short range point-defense fighter. Their fast rate of climb made them well-suited for fleet defense at sea. Hellcats were mostly gone by the Korean conflict, though some were used in Korea as remotely-piloted bombs.

[shrike]

how did they end up using corsairs during Korea and not ( I assume) any of the other WWII vintage birds like the bearcat?

Corsairs were used in the ground attack and CAS role in Korea, where their ability to carry twice the external load was more important than the F8F's speed and climb. There were also ten times as many of them built.