More than 12,500 examples of this aircraft were manufactured by Vought beginning in 1940, with final delivery of 1953, in what is known as the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...

STRATFORD -- For the past six years, a team of about a dozen volunteers have been engaged in restoring the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair that used to sit atop a pedestal in front of Sikorsky Memorial ...

FARGO — A historic plane with local ties has made its way back to the Fargo Air Museum after more than five years away. The Vought F4U Corsair 310 was restored by the late Gerry Beck of Wahpeton in ...

The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...

Back in the early 1940s, factories on most of the world’s continents were busy churning out war machines to aid in the global conflict that had just started. That era was one of incredibly fast ...

U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-321 "Hells Angels", 4th Marine Air Wing, on Iwo Jima. (Public Domain) Dean Caswell, 100, the last living U.S. Marine ...

This famous US fighter produced by the United Aircraft Corporation, was used primarily in World War II and during the Korean War. It was the best fighter aircraft carrier embarked on the war, even if ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Vought F4U Corsair Probably the most recognised US Navy aircraft of WWII, due to its distinctive folding ...