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F4U-5: A 1945 design modification of the F4U-4, first flown on 21 December 1945, was intended to increase the F4U-4 Corsair's overall performance and incorporate many Corsair pilots' suggestions. It featured a more powerful Pratt and Whitney R-2800-32(E) engine with a two-stage supercharger, [ 137 ] rated at a maximum of 2,760 hp (2,060 kW).
F4U-1. 02449 – to airworthiness by private owner in Cameron Park, California. [94] 02465 (early birdcage canopy) – for static display by the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. [95] [96] F4U-4. 81164 – to airworthiness by Westpac Restorations for private owner in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [97] [98]
Vought F4U-1 "Bird Cage" Corsair Bureau Number 02465 being lifted from Lake Michigan by A and T Recovery. A and T Recovery (Allan Olson and Taras Lyssenko) is an American company that has the primary purpose to locate and recover once lost World War II United States Navy aircraft for presentation to the American public. [2]
[1] The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing covered in a shell of polyurethane foam and fiberglass. Its 24.80 ft (7.6 m) span wing, mounts flaps and has a wing area of 127.5 sq ft (11.85 m 2). The cockpit width is 21 in (53 cm). The standard engine used is the 230 hp (172 kW) Ford Motor Company V-6 automotive conversion powerplant. [1]
Vought Corsair is the name of several former aircraft of the US Navy: Vought O2U Corsair, a biplane scout and observation aircraft; Vought O4U Corsair, a biplane scout and observation aircraft prototype; Vought SBU Corsair, a biplane dive bomber aircraft; Vought F4U Corsair, a monoplane shipborne fighter/dive bomber aircraft
A U.S. Navy F2G-1 in 1945. Using experience gained building the F4U-1 under license – a variant known as the FG-1 – in early 1944, Goodyear modified seven standard Corsair airframes to take advantage of the 50% increase in take-off power provided by the Pratt and Whitney R-4360 engine.
The squadron moved back to Tutuila in December 1943 where they transitioned to the F4U-1 Corsair. [3] On 1 January 1944, VMF-441 joined Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) on Roi-Namur. By March 1944 the squadron was again on the offensive conducting raids against Mili and Jaluit. [4]
Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was a Vought F4U Corsair squadron in the United States Marine Corps.The squadron, also known as the "Flying Buccaneers", fought in World War II but is perhaps best known for its role in the worst accident in naval aviation history when 22 of the squadron's 23 aircraft were lost flying through a typhoon on 25 January 1944.