F 4 U 1 Corsair

80-G-54288: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. They are shown before leaving for Munda, with an F4U in More

80-G-54289: Major Gregory Boyington, USMCR. Climbs aboard his F4U "Corsair" aircraft for another try at the enemy, while serving as Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen (VMF More

80-G-54291: Marine Attack Squadron One Hundred Twenty Four - VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area Aug More

80-G-54292: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U-1. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, More

80-G-54293: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, n More

80-G-54294: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh with an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, More

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 55995) of Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" in the Southwest Pacific, in flight over Bougainville. This plane was the second Corsair flown by ace Ira C. Kepford More

Three of the leading "aces" of U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" pose by a Vought F4U-1A Corsair fighter, after their unit left the central Solomons combat zone, 22 March 1944. They are (l t More

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira C. Kepford, USNR, of Fighter Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" taxies his Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 55995) out of its revetment on Bougainville for a strike on Rabaul, i More

A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter, equipped with ferry tanks, sits on the catapult of the escort carrier USS Long Island (ACV-1) ready for launching, during flight operations on 6 March 1943. Note that More

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Fighting Squadron 123 (VMF-123) on the ground ready to taxi onto the runway for launch from Russell Islands answering a call to 'scramble'. Note the variety of More

Crash of a U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1/FG-1 Corsair of Bombing Fighting Squadron 88 (VBF-88) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) off Japan. The Corsair´s belly tank had broken loose during the landing.

F4U-1 of VMF-214 is on the ground at Turtle Bay fighter strip on Espiritu Santo island in the 1940s, in colonial New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu) during WWII.

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 taking of at Espiritu Santo, in 1943.

Two U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1A Corsair aircraft from Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-113 in flight near Eniwetok. Plane No. 51 is known as "GET EM BLUEDOG" and No. 56 as "SUN SETTER".

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-121 in flight. Note the early "birdcadge" type canopy.

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) Hell Hawks are standing by on Fighter Strip No. 1 of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, with the American flag waving in the More

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Fighting Squadron VF-17 landing on the deck of the escort carrier USS Charger (CVE-30), probably during carrier qualifications.

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) Hell Hawks is warming up for fight from the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Copahee (ACV-12), on 29 March 1943.

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 17912) from Bombing Fighter Squadron 4 (VBF-4) Flying Ubangis at Naval Air Station Wildwood, New Jersey (USA), in 1945.

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 17656) of Fighting Squadron VF-17 Jolly Rogers pictured on Nissan Island, Green Island Group, after making an emergency landing there. The airstrip had not yet been compl More

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 Whistling Death on Guadalcanal, in April 1943. VMF-124 was the first Corsair unit to enter combat, in February 1943.

F4Us of VF-17 at Piva, February 1944

The first U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 Whistling Death on Guadalcanal, 13 February 1943. It had arrived on Guadalcanal on the morning of 12 February led by their co More

U.S. Marine Corps Major Chamberlain, CO of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 314 "Bob's Cats", pictured next to a Vought F4U-1C Corsair.

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-321 "Hells Angels", 4th Marine Air Wing, on Iwo Jima.

A Vought test pilot with a U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo 02172), parked at the Vought plant in Stratford, Connecticut (USA), in 1942.

U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsairs of Fighter Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" in the Southwest Pacific, possibly over Bougainville in early March 1944. Plane no. 29 is BuNo 55995, flown by Lieutenant Junior Gr More

The U.S. Navy Vought XF4U-1 Corsair prototype (BuNo 1443) in flight.

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 55995) of Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" in the Southwest Pacific, in flight over Bogainville. This plane was the second Corsair flown by ace Ira C. Kepford. More

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A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair on Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, circa in late 1943. In the backgound are several Corsairs, two Douglas SBD Dauntless, a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat with More

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19), circa in September 1945. The ship's Captain, Daniel Vincent Gallery, is visible on the right. Note that the Corsair wea More

A U.S. Marine Corps Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft attacks a Japanese bunker at the Umurbrogol mountain on Peleliu with napalm bombs.

A U.S. Naval Reserve Vought F4U-1 Corsair of fighter squadron VF-68A folding its wings after landing on the training carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28) in June 1949. VF-68A was assigned to reserve Carrier Air Group 67 More

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20), in 1945. Marine Fighting Squadron 112 (VMF-112) "Wolfpack" and VMF-123 "Eight Balls" were assigned to Carr More

Vought F4U-1 Corsairs are refueled aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) in early 1945. Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (VMF-214) and VMF-452 were assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboar More

Closeup of a U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair at an Aircraft Repair Unit (ARU) on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944.

United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant (1LT) James N. Cupp from Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) on Guadalcanal, official portrait, 1 June 1943.

A Marine mechanic sits in the shadow of a Corsair fighter plane, resting in a coral revetment area at Green Island

Vought F4U-1A/D Corsair fighter prepares to take off from Majuro Atoll Airfield, in August 1944. The plane is armed with a 500 pound bomb, and is bound for a strike against one of the Marshall Islands remainin More

Vought F4U-1A/D Corsair fighters warming up at Majuro Atoll Airfield, August 1944. They are about to depart on a strike on a nearby Japanese held island, and are carrying 500 pound bombs

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair looses its load of FFAR rocket projectiles on a run against a Japanese stronghold on Okinawa.Original description: "Corsair fighter looses its load of rocket projectiles More

The caption from the archives states: Five-inch (12.7 cm) rockets being loaded under the wing of an Vought F4U Corsair of MAG-33. Just before take-offs, the safety pins are removed and the rockets are ready for More

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-121 landing at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California (USA).

A Vought F4U-1 Corsair, a "Birdcage", so called for the canopy framing around the cockpit. Several F4Us were flown by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley Research Center at Hampton, More

Three aircraft of the Minneapolis U.S. Naval Air Reserve (front to back): a McDonnell FH-1 Phantom, a Vought F4U-1 Corsair, and a North American SNJ Texan in 1951.

The fighter strip at Torokina was hacked out of the Bougainville jungle. This December 1943 view shows a lineup of U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsairs and a Douglas SBD Dauntless, which is completing its la More

A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighter in flight, circa 1942.

U.S. Marines of Marine fighter squadron VMF-222 Flying Deuces relaxing in between strikes on a Vought F4U-1 Corsair on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, in April 1944.

U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Fighter Squadron 17 (VF-17) "Jolly Rogers" in flight, in 1943.

Four U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Fighting Squadron 12 (VF-12) in flight on 26 May 1943. VF-12 was established on 9 January 1943 and converted to the Grumman F6F Hellcat before going to combat.

The Chance Vought XF4U-1 Corsair prototype (BuNo 1443) during tests at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley Research Center at Hampton, Virginia (USA), in 1940-41.

The squadron members of U.S. Marine Corps Fighting Squadron VMF-214 "Black Sheep" on Turtle Bay fighter strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. VMF-214 posed for a group picture before leaving for Munda, an F4U More

Four U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters over Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA) in 1944.

U.S. Navy aircraft at the Naval Air Station Long Beach, California (USA). Visible are ten Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters, six General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighters, a Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon trainer, two Curtiss SOC More

This Marine Corsair fighter plane zooms off the new fighter strip at Empress Augusta Bay on a raid to Rabaul. The pilot has not yet raised his landing gear. The camera catches him just as he is airborne. Uni More

MARINE FIGHTER PLANES are among the first to get into action from the recently completed air strip on Green Island. Occupied February 15, the atoll is a connecting link between South and Southwest Pacific com More

U.S. Marine Corps Major Gregory J. Weissenberger of Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) boards a Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo 02288) on Guadalcanal, in 1943. Weissenberger became Commanding Officer of VMF-213 More

Corsair, F4U being refueled on the Tokorina Point Fighter Strip. Where Taken: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division

SENTINEL -- A lone guardian is this Marine mechanic as he sits in the shadow of a powerful Corsair fighter plane, resting in a coral revetment area at a Southwest Pacific Base. Location: Green Island. Unit: U More

REMINISCENT OF A MAN FROM MARS is this Marine fighter pilot in the cockpit of his Corsair fighting plane. At high altitudes he fights with oxygen mask, cockpit cover closed. Location: Bougainville. Unit: 1st MAW

USMC Fighter Aircraft the F4U is parked on Tokorina Point Airstrip during the Bougainville Campaign. Location: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division

MARINE FIGHTER PILOTS ARRIVE at their newest base, the recently completed air strip on Green Island. They have made a temporary open-air ready room on the strip edge. In background are their powerful Corsair More

WHEN ENEMY PLANES ARE REPORTED IN THE AREA Marine fighter pilots "scramble" to their Corsair fighter planes in this fashion. In the foreground one mechanic helps a pilot up on a wing, while another inserts a More