F2G Super Corsair Assembly Line

[PhantomAce08]

Here are just a few of the photos I have of the Super Corsair Assembly Line. I'm going to the Detroit Auto Show this weekend, but will post more when I come back. Enjoy!

[Lynn Allen]

Thanks for posting them......

Lynn

[Beachy]

Nice! You wouldn't happen to have anything with the rest of the "billboard" in it, would you?

[merlin101]

Any pics of older Corsairs being built, especially any British ones?

[Rob Mears]

Now those are just phenomenal images PhantomAce08! I've never seen any shots of the F2G assembly line before. Thanks

If you've got any more of them, I'd love to see them all!

[hahnej]

They don't look like they have the extensions on them - or was that for bubble canopys only?

[L. Thompson]

I visit every Sunday afternoon with a lady named Toni in Hayden, Idaho who was a Rosie the Riveter employee on the Goodyear Corsair line. Does anyone have photos also of the FG-1 production line, especially showing some of the gals at work? I'd love to take her some.

[pilot06]

Awesome. I love production photos.

PC

[ltdann]

Hey, can you give me a shout at ltdann61@yahoo.com?

[henry]

what are the differences between a corsair and a super corsair? until a few weeks ago i havd never even heard of them.



thanks Itdann.

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[ltdann]

Several differences. Fist off, the engine was an R-4360 in place of a R-2800. Second, some versions had an auxiliary rudder below the main rudder to counteract takeoff torque and last, it had a bubble canopy. Here is a profile I did of Ron Puckett's Thompson racer to give you an idea of the shape

[jaybird]

Sweet. I really like seeing photos like these. I also like scanning for things in the background that really tell extra info you don't gather at first glance. In the last photo, is the board on the wall indicating it's July 21st? (does that date make sense in the short production of these F2G's?) It also appears to be 9:25 in the morning according to the clock on the wall.

Phantom- is there more of this at Maps? If so, I'm going to have to head on over.

[mike furline]

Yes, July 21, 1945 could make sense, but the billboard is actually giving production tallies not dates.

Planes Produced for the Navy Today,
Your Schedule [7], You Produced [5].
Month to Date,
Your Schedule [115], You Produced [102].
Your Navy Needs 137 Planes this Month
Lets get them in the fight on time!

The final FG-1D BuNo. 92701 probably rolled off the production line mid/late Sept. 1945.
Allthough only few F2G's (17) were built, others were probably on the production line. Some of the planes pictured above may never have been accepted by the Navy or flown.
I have seen one late build FG-1D (92690) that has "F2G" stencilled on the center section main spar. So it looks like some spare F2G parts were used up or F2G center sections were compatible with either model Corsair.

Regards,
Mike

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[PhantomAce08]

Yes, July 21, 1945 could make sense. Not sure the 7 - 21 actually is month & day on the board. I thought it represented production, 7 planes, 21 planes, etc.
The final FG-1D BuNo. 92701 probably rolled off the production line mid/late Sept. 1945.
Allthough only few F2G's (15?) were built, others were probably on the production line. Some of the planes pictured above may never have been accepted by the Navy or flown.
I have seen one late build FG-1D (92690) that has "F2G" stencilled on the center section main spar. So it looks like some spare F2G parts were used up or F2G center sections were compatible with either model Corsair.

Regards,
Mike

You are correct that the board actually is the goal for the planes. Not the date. The dates for each photo are as follows:

December 15, 1944
December 26, 1944
January 12, 1945
January 23, 1945
March 3, 1945

As for seeing F2G on the FG-1D, it seems that they did that with a lot of the aircraft that they tested F2G parts on, such as the bigger engine and bubble canopy.

-As a side note, the engine in the last photo is simply a mock-up engine to test the mounting.

[mike furline]

Phantom,

I PM'ed you.

Regards,
Mike