Well boys, this is my first effort at including actual expert commentary into my videos! I hope you like it because I have a ton more coming just like this! A big thank you to the Commemorative Air Force as well as Airbase Georgia for allowing me to get so much great content here! Go check them out here! Commemorative Air Force KZbin - kzbin.info Airbase Georgia Facebook - facebook.com/CAFAirbaseGeorgia
@KevinMcNulty2 жыл бұрын
I think it came out great! It was a pleasure working with you!
As someone whose cut documentaries, and docu-drama Prime Time-- EXCELLENT WORK
@troyalger16032 жыл бұрын
My mom was in the marines during ww2 and she used to order parts for them in Philadelphia. My dad was a CPO on the U.S.S Yorktown and he used to work on the corsair. There's footage out there of a zero crashing into the Yorktown. My dad is one of the guys putting the fire out. Love and miss my parents. Thanks to all service men and women. Also my mom was the president of the women's marines association till the day she past. My dad's name is Benjamin Thomas Alger. Mom is Barbara Florence same last name.
@lwmcvay90452 жыл бұрын
You were blessed with parents like that!
@troyalger16032 жыл бұрын
@@lwmcvay9045 Thanks.
@leehaelters61822 жыл бұрын
God's good rest to your dad, Chief Petty Officer Ben Alger, and to your mom, Marine Barbara Alger, valiant and faithful warriors.
@ivanhoedokkrau14392 жыл бұрын
I salute your mother and father, sir. My dad, Edwin Lamar Wampler was a Marine fighter pilot in both WW2 and Korea. We counted it up one afternoon when I was folding news papers for my paper route. He flew over 48 different aircraft in the two wars he was in, got shot down twice, I think, and in 14 years of service, made the rank of major. My mom was a control tower operator and he flirted with her on approach one evening. War happens, but so does love brother! Jason Wampler
@leehaelters61822 жыл бұрын
@@ivanhoedokkrau1439, I can almost picture it, the banter and the flying. Thanks for the story,and all the best to your family!
@bobthebusdriver3535 Жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70's, my favorite TV show was Baa Baa Black Sheep. I wanted to be Pappy Boyington when I grew up. this show cemented my love for the Corsair. Of course, I also watched Rat Patrol and always wanted a Jeep with the machine gun mount.
@MrGomjabber7 ай бұрын
Same here! I watched it many years later and thought it was directed at 10 year olds because as a adult, so may things stood out I never noticed as a kid. The same gun cam footage over and over and take off and landing footage. Still, a classic.
@waldopepper12 жыл бұрын
I had the opportunity to meet Pappy Boyington back in 1975 at an airshow just outside of Denver Colorado. I’ll never forget those white leather buckle shoes he wore lol. He noticed I was lefthanded and he said he was lefthanded too. He told me at times he would use his left hand to control the stick and with his right hand the throttle’s. As a young kid of 12 years old I was completely astonished and have cherished the Corsair to this day!
@olskool39672 жыл бұрын
the whistling death, my favorite!
@YTjndallas Жыл бұрын
They were built right here in Grand Prairie, Texas. Only a few miles from where I’m sitting. My home town. GPHS class of 1985.
@OH.A.M.2 жыл бұрын
I love this plane. The fact that it has slanted wings gives it a unique style design and it’s my favorite.
@tlndblood87762 жыл бұрын
@Will Rose what does that have to do with anything?
@OH.A.M.2 жыл бұрын
@Will Rose Besides it’s ups and downs, I have love the Corsair design for more then 45 years. Ever since I was a young lad., and will be one of my favorites.
@whoknows82252 жыл бұрын
@@OH.A.M. I have flown model airplanes and this was my first big scale model, i loved how it performed... it was also my first model with a 4 stroke engine.. loved the sound. I never crashed it, i sold it to someone else who is still flying it. And the funny thing is, the same thing i noticed as well, stalling the left wing happened pretty quick on a straight approach
@vantazel2 жыл бұрын
My favorites are the P-40, P-47, F-4 and my all time favorite, the P-61 Black Widow.
@amogus79702 жыл бұрын
I love it as well
@bubbalo33882 жыл бұрын
War machines of this era I find the most fascinating. I have a Chinese uncle who was a mechanic in China stationed at Kunming, Wuhan and Shanghai. He worked on C-47's, B-24's and other aircraft and still remembered the oil pressures and all that stuff of B-24 bombers. He did oil changes and refueld P-40's also. Many years ago he said he would of liked to volunteer somewhere to restore B-24s if it wasn't for his limited English. My cousin told me he had a Flying Tiger jacket and some other stuff that was given to his father but his father gave it all away at some point.a
@ihateracin2 жыл бұрын
If he wants to move to Southern California there are plenty of places he can help restore and maintain the history (and the planes themselves) at museums nearby!
@JoshuaC9232 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool
@Nathan-pw7do2 жыл бұрын
Couple things that usually get missed about the design are the short landing gear could be lowered as dive brakes around twice the airspeed as a hellcat. 1 of the guys on here talked about the low drag of the wing root which also had all the coolers in them this kept the fuselage narrow for less drag and more speed. The Brits fixed several other things to make it better at carrier landings like fix the strut dampening and tie down the top of the engine cowling for visibility. It's funny to me that seafire had similar visibility issues so the had a head start on the curved landing approach.
@johnosbourn43122 жыл бұрын
Actually the British didn't solve the problems with the oleo struts, and the top cowl flaps, those problems were solved by VF-17 Jolly Rogers, Tommy Blackburn's book about his squadron talks about those issues, and how they found a fix for them. The only things that the British did that made the fighter easier to operate from a carrier were the curved approach, and thoroughly testing it on their carriers, to make it able to successfully operate from the deck of a carrier.
@maxschell88232 жыл бұрын
@@johnosbourn4312 "It is clear from the accounts of Lieutenant Commander (A) Norman S. Hanson , RNVR that the Royal Navy had not established the preferred landing procedure of the F4U Corsair until December 1943. This was nearly a year, November 1942, after the training of U.S. Navy pilots at NAS San Diego, CA noted a "curving approach" by Boone Guyton.
@peterruiz61172 жыл бұрын
Very interesting...Brits landing on carriers contributed so much..I always had the impressiin of Brit carriers, "Well...Here we are....Can we , uh, help?" Great stuff
@anthonywilson48732 жыл бұрын
@@maxschell8823 The Brits did not develop this approach later, they had learned this approach previously with the Spitfire and used it. US doctrine was a straight approach. Early on the US where short of Carriers and due to damage to Enterprise and loss of Yorktown only had one carrier operational in the Pacific. The Brits loaned the US HMS Victorious (This was renamed the USS Robin to not give enemy any intelligence. The Aircrew on the aircraft carrier where talking about being retrained for straight approach rather than curved approach. I would love to get hold of those doctrine guys. See here about the Carrier Victorious, scroll down to US Navy service as USS Robin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victorious_(R38)
@anthonywilson48732 жыл бұрын
@@johnosbourn4312 Interesting thanks for that, removing wing tips was Brit thing to get in hangars that removed float, question is who came up with lift spoiler for the wing that did not drop, meaning even stall. At least if the plane crashed it was not upside down.
@Gunit01212 жыл бұрын
Thank you. My dad flew the Corsairs in WWII. He was with VFM 314 in the South Pacific
@envitech022 жыл бұрын
As a boy growing up in the 80s I saw Black Sheep Squadron on telly. Went out and bought myself an Airfix 1/72 kit. I saw the the Corsairs all had a large white arrow on the right wing pointing forward and another on the tailfin pointing upwards. So I painted these arrows on as well to imitate Pappy's Corsair.
@rooms10282 жыл бұрын
Did the rearview mirror say "Japanese aircraft in mirror are closer than they appear" also?
@rooms10282 жыл бұрын
🤣
@janiceduke12052 жыл бұрын
It was at Okinawa the Corsair was given the nickname “Angels of Okinawa” due to their success against Japanese aircraft. The Corsair compiled an 11:1 kill ratio during World War II. One of the best fighters of World War II, the F4U Corsair tormented the Japanese from Guadalcanal until the end of the war. “Whistling Death.” "Bent Wing Bird." "Gull Winged" fighter. So with F4U the F stood for fighter the U for Vought and the 4 was the 4th aircraft design built by Vought.
@Mr.XJ.962 жыл бұрын
Bent Winged Bastard....NOT Bent Winged Bird.
@maxschell88232 жыл бұрын
@@Mr.XJ.96 There were many nick names given to the Corsair INCLUDING "Bent Wing Bird," "Bent Wing Bastard" {Royal Navy} etc., etc.
@TheGreatRepeller2 жыл бұрын
The path was made very easy for the Corsair because of the Wildcat and Hellcat. The same Govt that uses a "U" to represent a company starting with a "V" shouldn't be trying to run my life.
@nealsausen46512 жыл бұрын
@@maxschell8823 : “whistling death” as the Japanese nicknamed it
@jeffburnham66112 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatRepeller It was a Navy designation for the aircraft manufacturers that built the various planes (U=Chance Vought, F=Grumman, D=Douglas, H=McConnell, etc).
@uralbob12 жыл бұрын
When I was a little kid, I loved this plane. It was my favorite plastic model, along with the B25 Mitchell. If you ever get to see one, do it! They are friggin’ huge!
@davepowell30012 жыл бұрын
In the mid 1960's I was a crew chief on F-105 Thunderchief's. This was a very mis-understood aircraft, pushed into service in SE Asia in a role it was never designed for. Pilots loved it but still ..... losses were staggering. Your research and a video on this great aircraft would answer so many questions and perhaps create others.
@rooms10282 жыл бұрын
Missile development made a difference.
@zigbug13142 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. I wasn’t familiar with the Corsair until recently when I purchased a model kit of one. The wing shape and colour looked interesting. So nice to learn some information about the miniature aircraft I have just spent hours building and painting!
@srcastic87642 жыл бұрын
The most graceful looking naval based plane of WW2. It and the Mustang p-51 were two of the most beautiful planes ever built. If I could choose one that I could own today, it would truly be a tough choice, but I think I would have to go with those beautiful gull wings!!
@bikenavbm12292 жыл бұрын
the 47 looks like it was designed by a locomotive engineer, the 51 an Italian, the F4u is just scary looking and could have been designed by a bare knucle Boxer, love it and the sounds that it makes too. Imagine them being pushed over the side of a carrier.... tears.
@williammitchell44172 жыл бұрын
No doubt the Jug was a beast. The Mustang was like a Ferrari back in the day.
@abbottsplace80802 жыл бұрын
I almost cried when I came to understand what they did. What a shame it was to push them overboard. They should have been given to the pilots who wanted them or sold them to aviators. Crazy crazy!!
@marcofransowitz47732 жыл бұрын
@@abbottsplace8080 why did they toss them?
@CakePrincessCelestia2 жыл бұрын
@@williammitchell4417 P-51! Cadillac of the Skies! :D
@williammitchell44172 жыл бұрын
@@CakePrincessCelestia Not quite.... The Mustang's more like a hot rod Ford vs the Corsair being a souped up Chevy 😎
@TheStupidicus2 жыл бұрын
Love the F4U! Pappy Boyington was my hero growing up. I vote for the P38 next. Especially some commentary on Lindberg's contribution to fuel efficiency and his enemy kills during "testing" over Rabaul & Bougenville as a civilian.
@zacharyradford55522 жыл бұрын
Hopefully he’s still a hero.
@doughoffman9463 Жыл бұрын
The TV show with Robert Conrad as Boyington featured the Corsair, but there was one episode that had at least 2 P-38s as the "star attractions". It even showed how the pilots got on to and off of the wing using the trick little stow-away ladder at the rear of the center fuselage. Great show.
@bloodyspartan300 Жыл бұрын
P38K ,shame it never got past a test phase
@TexRenner2 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Marine aircraft mechanic, and worked on Corsairs, as well as Grumman F4F Wildcats and SNJ T-6 Texans. His squadron, VMF216, were on Efate and then on Guam. Awesome birds!
@jimc66872 жыл бұрын
Very, very nice touch adding direct interviews in support of your presentations, TJ!! You could do an entire episode just covering the real story of Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep squadron starring.....of course....this great fighter!! Jim C.
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim!
@alejandroschmidt5422 жыл бұрын
@@TJ3 THE FIRST NIGHT FIGHTER IN LATIN AMERICA: THE CORSAIR F4U-5N/NL OF THE ARGENTINE NAVY. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5C0f5-NlLufhq8
@jacquelinelicht5762 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@davidsalak59172 жыл бұрын
Black Sheep Squadron... my favorite TV show growing up! Led to me becoming a Big Fan of the Corsair, and Robert Conrad, and also a huge military buff, especially Naval Aviation! It continued into my professional life, as I had a co-op job during college at GE Aerospace systems, which built the flight control computers for the F/A-18 Hornet,,,, which became my newest favorite aircraft!
@fazole2 жыл бұрын
The history of VF-17, Jolly Rogers is just as interesting. Even in training, crazy Ike Kepler flew upside down at treetop height and ran a truck off the road!
@jsmith57102 жыл бұрын
I recommend reading "The Jolly Rogers" by Tom Blackburn, first skipper of VF-17 who describes in detail the issues he and his squadron faced in preparing to fight in the Pacific with the Corsair on board USS Bunker Hill. Great video.
@bobharrison769310 күн бұрын
VF-17 was the highest scoring corsair squadron, not the Blacksheep.
@cfzippo2 жыл бұрын
One thing my old F-16 buddy John forgot to add in the landing gear length issue? Was the ability to fully retract that landing gear, without making the wing to wide. The F6F and the F4U have the same length landing gear! The only two differences? Yes that bent wing, and the Hellcat landing gear stays extended and not fully retracted, and the Corsairs fully retracts and is collapsed to retract in front of the front spar. Yes, I am a Corsair pilot, SBD pilot and F6F pilot as well :)
@ronjon7942 Жыл бұрын
Sounds more than interesting, where do you fly, and whose aircraft? CAF birds, private collection, yours? And how the heck does someone wake up and say, ‘hey, I want to fly a Corsair’??
@vanpenguin222 жыл бұрын
Many thanks go to the Commemorative Air Force for their participation every summer in my local Air show in Arlington WA. Got some really good video of Sentimental Journey, your P51 and your Corsair this year. We are privileged to have you on the guest list.
@nirvana39212 жыл бұрын
The F4U was a true all-rounder fighter in World War II. Its Ground attack, Air combat and sea combat capabilities are all quite strong.
@robertotamesis17832 жыл бұрын
My father met a marine air Corp pilot a Korean war veteran in Stanford university, among the many classmate were asked to take German as part of their course to achieve a masters or PhD. These Marine pilot was telling his story in landing onboard an aircraft carrier, you had to drift to the port (left side) before 100 -ft before turning aligning straight.
@AndyinMokum2 жыл бұрын
My father flew the F4U Corsair with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in the Pacific theatre. He said it was a fantastic aircraft to fly, a real powerhouse that would get the job done.
@lw72382 жыл бұрын
Those radial engines were powerful and did have an absolutely great sounding engine.
@maxdude46452 жыл бұрын
Did you know about the Super Corsair variants: Goodyear F2G Corsair It used the P&W R-4360, Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder "corncob" radial engine. The F2G-1 and F2G-2 were significantly different aircraft.
@tobycrane88077 ай бұрын
The later variance caused death to the unexperienced who was approaching the carrier low, and would suddenly power up to get up to the deck, causing a torque twist of the airplane and a strike.
@bardstables89092 жыл бұрын
This was an extremely well done video As a student of history and an author I can honestly say I learned a couple things here. Usually when videos are titled like this I don't learn anything new, so this was a pleasant surprise. And this being my most favorite aircraft ever it was awesome to hear these few facts.
@thetacticaldeer27922 жыл бұрын
I found the part about the British pilot refusing to tell the Germans how to fold the wings pretty funny. This was a really interesting video, thanks!
@TheGoober21002 жыл бұрын
I laughed pretty hard at that part too
@CakePrincessCelestia2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they ever managed to find it out how to do that :D
@nomcarver44362 жыл бұрын
Omg this is epic. I’m so glad I got to help make this
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the help!
@Thamac152 жыл бұрын
My grandfather flew the Corsair during WW2 in the pacific. He always talked about that aircraft!
@rokuth2 жыл бұрын
Different aircraft companies had different solutions to the same problem of mounting the P & W R2800 with a 13ft diameter propeller onto an airframe. While Vought went with an inverted gull-wing and shorter landing gear, Grumman went with their evolutionary F6F Hellcat design. Yes, the Hellcat was slower, but it was relatively safer to fly compared to the F4U, and did not have any issues with landing on a aircraft carrier using the traditional USN approach. The Hellcat was the work horse of the USN and the British FAA in the 2nd half of WW2. However, since the F4U was a more advance design than the F6F, the Corsair did end up serving longer in the US Navy than the Hellcat.
@gregorygetable2 жыл бұрын
Good video. My mother worked on the Corsair gauging the rivet holes and checking for irregular sizes along with other jobs. I still have her tool box that I mistook for my dad's. Moms tool box had a stuck lock I fixed by pulling a Corsair rivet out lodged in the mechanism
@stevedeleon87752 жыл бұрын
As a Retired USN CHIEF PETTY OFFICER I appreciate the narration of this informative video of the Corsair..Anchors Away!⚓
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your service!
@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont2 жыл бұрын
Fans of "Baa Baa Black Sheep" / "The Blacksheep Squadron" will remember that the planes made that long curved approach to the landing strip on "Vella La Cava". Somewhere around here I have a couple of black and white snap shots of Corsairs at (I think) Cherry Point, NC taken by my grandfather when he was stationed there. To me, those two personal photos confirm that "they were real", much as my other grandfather's snapshots of steam locomotives in the 1950s confirmed the same. Good commentary, and DOUBLE THANK-YOU for not using one of those computer-generated voices that so many YT videos use today.
@michaeltelson9798 Жыл бұрын
My Wood Science professor in college worked as quality control in the factory that made the tail surfaces for the Corsair. They were made from Fir or Spruce. These source wood pieces had to meet very high tolerances that you usually didn’t consider for wood products. Besides being clear wood (no knots or other disfigurements) it had to meet higher tension tolerances. They were then doped fabric covered. The factory had to be kept at a low humidity as that could increase the moisture content of this kiln dried wood that increase a failure rate in the tensile strength of the parts. Why did they used wood framing for these parts? The wood would flex more than metal parts under the stress of operational uses. Making the parts stronger than substitute metal parts.
@jpwoelfling2 жыл бұрын
Please do one on the Vought OS2U Kingfisher Aircraft. It was used on the USS IOWA (BB61). My dad was a Aviation machinist Mate and qualified as a Flight Engineer. He sat in back and was radio operator and rear gunner.
@johnosbourn43122 жыл бұрын
Three other problems that the Corsair had in its early examples were the top most cowl flaps allowing oil to be sprayed onto the windscreen, extremely stiff oleo struts, and a very short tail wheel strut.
@Brighid452 жыл бұрын
There's an anecdote in the book Black Sheep One about Pappy Boyington trying to clean his canopy with a handkerchief at 5000 feet. My dad flew a Corsair and said the pilots got really good at finding rain showers to fly through that would clear off the oil!
@teemcshanney89102 жыл бұрын
"Oleo?" As in oleomargarine??
@Brighid452 жыл бұрын
@@teemcshanney8910 It's probably slang from the way the strut works--when the strut compresses or extends, a gas-filled chamber pushes/pulls a piston. This forces oil through a small hole. That action absorbs energy due to the viscosity of the oil (or ''oleum', Latin for olive oil). Just a guess :)
@anthonywilson48732 жыл бұрын
Brits wire the cowl flaps directly in front of screen closed, no oil on screen.
@anthonywilson48732 жыл бұрын
Oleo legs an Oil and air damper suspension system for aircraft see here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleo_strut
@DistractedPlatypus Жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite fighter of WWII. Always a treat when I can see one in person - the latest was at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI.
@DD-uf2uo2 жыл бұрын
I saw a YT video of a Tuskegee Airmen that said after a few dog fights one day, he saw a P-51 and decided to join it to fly back to base. When he got close he saw that it had German markings on it. He said he let it go because he was so low on fuel. Yes, I know it wasn't a Corsair but I thought a few people might enjoy hearing about this. PS. I'm sure glad that a lot of these people from the Greatest Generation are on video with there stories so that future generations will know what happened. Soon, videos will be all we have of them. " NEVER FORGET " .
@Maxaldojo2 жыл бұрын
Holy Hand Grenades, Batman! Very cool list. I father serviced on the U.S.S. Bennington and worked on Corsairs. This became my favorite single prop plane. Thank you for sharing!
@brenthegarty39222 жыл бұрын
Another great clip TJ. This plane is one of my personal favorites. There's a great clip on youtube about the British use of it (which I never knew prior that they used it) where they interview a few old British pilots who flew it and they spoke of how large and "monstrous" and "evil" it looked and they'd never seen anything like it.
@portnuefflyer2 жыл бұрын
I knew a now deceased old boy who had 2000 hours of south Pacific combat time as a Marine aviator in Corsairs. After I landed my LSA plane RANS S-7S) in his very narrow and switchedbacked mountain driveway, with his prior permission of course, he mentioned in passing "when we turned final for the carrier, it dissappeared," or words to that effect. That told me a;ll I needed to know about the over the nose viz! Impressing him with my landing, and it did, was one of the most rewarding things I've done in 40+ years of off airport flying.
@Mc_Sid2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, I was one of the P 38s, wasn't seen much in the video, because I was 3 Km away from the escort, but still happy to play with Tj, also amazing work Tj, LOVE it!
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks for helping regardless!
@teemcshanney89102 жыл бұрын
What does that mean, you "were one of the P38s??" That's nonsensical.
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
@@teemcshanney8910 it means he was flying with me in the simulator when we recreated these scenes.
@X_Ray_72 жыл бұрын
love it how you just use WarThunder
@ALL_OUT_OF_BUBBLEGUM2 жыл бұрын
I have never wanted one more than I do right now. Great video! I love all the history geek deep dive information on how the aircraft was (were) developed. Please do similar mini-history lessons to this for other legendary (and more obscure) aircraft
@designsbyphilip5102 жыл бұрын
At this time there is one for sale for 4 Million dollars. Sounds like a deal (not for me of course, I cant even afford a second car 🤪.)
@WilliamNEdwardVC11 ай бұрын
I'm reading the book 'Devotion' and that's what brought me here. Thinking of Ensign Jesse Brown fighting this monster in attempts to land on the Leyte in rough seas and your video just brought it to life. Well done Sir
@itsjustyas77242 жыл бұрын
You're constantly raising the bar with every video you upload, really good stuff
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks Yas!
@WRMonger12 жыл бұрын
I remember when the Commemorative Air Force was called the Confederate Air Force. Seems that the powers that be didn’t like the idea of operational WWII fighter and bomber aircraft being maintained and flown by what they considered an adversary, in name only. Every last one of those guys that I knew back in the day would still fight for America and her people. Great video. Thanks for putting in the time and research.
@minotaur58982 жыл бұрын
Love the work you put in to this. Nice cinematic experience and we'll put together information. Keep it up!
@Pablo_lens Жыл бұрын
I remember watching your videos during covid, and I can confidently say that your videos have gotten so much better. Cheers
@TJ3 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@gene22002 жыл бұрын
I'd like to learn more about the TBM Avenger, my fathers squadron was trained for night missions, then were based on the USS Enterprise. I believe they were in Peril Harbor under repairs while Hiroshima was nuked...on his birthday. Luckily Smartt Field in St Charles Mo, 30 min away has one fully restored to flight status along with a B-25. They do a pumpkin drop every year, army vs navy, it's a blast from the past!
@davidspalding4532 Жыл бұрын
Hey my dad and his brother tom and bill spalding were members of that squadron on the big E at that time of the war
@gene2200 Жыл бұрын
@@davidspalding4532 was it squadron no VTN 55? He took some cool pics, has 1st names of his buddy's, not sure about last names.
@5dmkiii602 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I fly Milviz's outstanding FG-1D Corsair in MS2020, along with numerous other Iconic WWII warbirds and it's just a JOY to fly. Sims of today give people who will never get a chance to fly the real deals a wonderful idea of how marvelous it must be to fly the real ones. The Corsair has always been in my top 3 favorite planes of all time. Those were some great sim clips you put in the video too. Well done.
@huiarama Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. If I may add, there was another country who operated F4U Corsairs in World War 2 and even in the Pacific was the New Zealanders. The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) operated over 25 Squadrons in the Pacific and purchased under a 'Lend Lease' deal. I hope this adds to your video and thanks again, great video!
@charlesmoss81192 жыл бұрын
I’m sure others have commented But the landing gear oleo bounce was also a major carrier landing issue solved by adding a pressure release valve - the RN certainly were very grateful when the revised aircraft incorporated this mod I believe
@BobbyTucker2 жыл бұрын
The F4-U Corsair is my favorite WWII Fighter Air Craft, Number 2, would be the F-40 Flying Tiger. Back to the F4-U, it was also nicknamed the "Whistling Death" by the Germans because of the whistling sound it made during strafing runs at high speed, the air traveling through the radiators is what made the sound, I'm told. I just wanted to share that.... BTW, Great video, the commentary was exceptional. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
@alphaaquilla13592 жыл бұрын
I thought japan called that, but instead its called sikorsky right?
@maxschell88232 жыл бұрын
@@alphaaquilla1359 Yes, the name "Whistling Death" was allegedly given to the Corsair by the Japanese NOT Germany. If you read Boone Guyton's book "Whistling Death" (Guyton was the primary Corsair test pilot.) you will find the Japanese gave the Corsair the nick name. BTW some will say it was a Chance Vought marketing name.
@BobbyTucker2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I stand to be corrected, the nickname was right just not the the people who named it.
@warrendejager2032 жыл бұрын
From South Africa Thanks, great vid. As a young boy, in the early 1960's I built several Airfix plastic model aeroplanes ✈ Although the Spit was always my favorite, I remember building the Cosair..... Watching this took me back more years than I care to tell, to a young boy playing dog fight with his collection of model planes.... RGDS & thanks Warren
@SCUBA_Draconis2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this this! This aircraft means so much to me. It’s more than just my all time favorite airplane.
@philhawley12192 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a fantastic review of the Corsair. Certainly the best carrier fighter of the last big war. Last year at the Goodwood Revival there was one parked on the airfield. About ten Spitfires , two Hurricanes and various other old aircraft. All very impressive but the tough brutal appearance of the Corsair,the first time I have ever seen one stopped me in my tracks. How kind of you to mention that the Royal Navy pilots were the ones who discovered the way to land them on a carrier. I have seen so many documentaries made by American producers who claim that your country won the war all by yourselves. We were all in it together in our grand parents generation. I hope we never have a third world war. Beware of the powers of China and Russia. The megalomaniac governments are a great threat to our future.
@danpatterson80092 жыл бұрын
Apologies for my countrymen who have a hard time seeing outside the fishbowl. The courage of Britain standing alone after the fall of France is a matter of record, as are the contribution of the Tube Alloys project to the atomic bomb, the gift to the U.S. of the cavity magnetron for powering radar, the hedgehog antisubmarine weapon, license to build the Rolls-Royce Merlin, and a little thing called the jet engine.
@davidadams30362 жыл бұрын
I am not sure if it was mentioned in the video or not. One of the reasons the USN did not accept the Corsair early was the high number of crashes as corsairs bounced uncontrollable on landing on carriers. The Brits adopted the Corsair after modifying the undercarriage damper rates and made it a very successful carrier borne aircraft. The improvements then made the Corsair viable for the USN.
@maxschell88232 жыл бұрын
@@danpatterson8009 Yes, thank you Sir Frank Whittle.
@rooms10282 жыл бұрын
I've never seen any documentary that said the USA won WWII all alone. Think maybe you're stretching it a bit just because they didn't mention everyone else?
@miketaylorID12 жыл бұрын
Gotta admit, most times the “Facts you didn’t know about…” vids on KZbin are filled with … well, facts I did kinda know. But not this time! Kudos to you my friend for your research! I’m 55 and have had a love affair with the Corsair since Bob Conrad introduced this 10 year old son of a salty old Marine to “Pappy” Boyington and the Corsair. I would have thought I had heard it all. But you did a great job and taught me a few new things. Going to need to read up on the Soccer War. Would be interesting to know how the 2 pilots matched up in training, skill and tactics to better understand exactly how those 2 iconic fighters matched up. The expert commentary was great and the presentation was first rate all the way round! Imma clicking that sub button! Looking forward to more! Cheers!
@aerondt12 жыл бұрын
Both air forces used the corsair during the soccer war
@williamwilson64992 жыл бұрын
There’s a Corsair sitting on a bed of sand about 100ft down just off Honolulu. I dived it back in 1986 after finishing up a business trip to Hawaii. It was in pretty good shape…went down in 1946 if I remember correctly. Just a mundane training accident according to accounts. Big treat for me since I’ve been a fan of the aircraft since I first saw one as a kid.
@xfirehurican Жыл бұрын
I dived on the same Corsair in 1971-72. Still have what I was told is the internal shute for the spent .50cal brass.
@Curtislow2 Жыл бұрын
Stall Strip is One I did not know about. The "surrendered one" is the other one that is news to me. FYI,The " Whistling Death"- story has some ambiguities . Not a bad video. Keep working on it.
@firebird77clonefirebird892 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching BaaBaa Black Sheep and I love this plane
@conifergreen2 Жыл бұрын
I loved the series " Black sheep squadron" with Robert Conrad.
@kevinpittman25172 жыл бұрын
ok i knew about the landing gear and wing needing to be a gull wing because of blade clearance... but i never knew that the gull wing reduced drag... man i would kinda enjoy seeing wind tunnel results and what it might do to everything if u kinda swept em back a few degrees. Was on another youtube channel and they were discussing a german built P-51 built by a German Company who used an Austrian Engineer and dubbed it the SW-51.... for Scale Wing - 51 Mustang. they were building this smaller scale replica out of Carbon fiber... and selling it as kit plane. Will send them a suggestion for a Grummen F4F.... would love to see modernization or a complete rebuilt in carbon fiber all of the WW2 Aircraft.
@grizwoldphantasia50052 жыл бұрын
The aero gain was from the wing root being at 90° to the fuselage. A low wing on a round fuselage needs a fillet to fill in the gaps, adding much drag, probably some weight and more build time too. Look at a P-40 wing root, for instance. You can get avoid the fillet with a straight mid wing like the F4F, but it used fuselage landing gear. Everything is tradeoffs.
@gmfraizer73 Жыл бұрын
As always, I love your video! I have always loved Corsairs even though I have never seen one in real life, even on display. I watched Black Sheep Squadron in grade school and read Pappy Boyington's autobiography "Baa Baa Black Sheep". Col. Boyington became my favorite fighter pilot (along with George E. Preddy - tie) behind my dad, a Wild Weasel commander and Silver Star recipient (along with 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses).
@robertborglund13842 жыл бұрын
Old Man was on CV21 USS BOXER. First carrier with a jet squadron but at beginning of Korean War it was all Corsairs.
@JohnFourtyTwo2 жыл бұрын
Very good video. I thought it was going to be another cut & paste video that so many KZbinrs do without putting any work into it, but yours actually surprised me with the last four things I didn't know.
@nicktamer49692 жыл бұрын
Corsairs were also extensevely used by French Forces in its last version (F4U7) during Indochina war's last year (1954), during the Suez crissis (1956) and during Algeria war (1955-1961).
@joelcopen3920 Жыл бұрын
Great informative video! A longtime warbird fan, I was a 70's kid, and the TV show, "Black Sheep Squadron," starring Robert Conrad, was a Corsair-lover's dream to watch every week!
@duane8829 Жыл бұрын
My dad flew the dc-3 on ba ba black sheep. I got to got to the field one day when I was 8. My dad sat me in the cockpit of a Corsair to get a picture. You couldn’t see in the pic but I had tears in my eyes from how hot that cockpit was. Couldn’t imagine what those pistols went through in the pacific of hot days.
@hughmarloweverest16842 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information, I have passed it on to my superiors. My wife.
@MsTheCops2 жыл бұрын
Ahh my second favorite WWII bird ...(the P-51 being first). Also called "whistling death" & I believe it was also a night fighter. The British landing pattern was news to me. I wouldn't think a mid-air-collision qualified as a "Kill" ...nor was it the preferred method of most WWII Aces ...but it did achieve the "kill" & I suppose out of respect for the pilot one might describe it that way ...but it certainly is not what I would consider a first success ...more like a failure! Again ...this is all "news" to me about a great war bird ...thanks. I subscribed!
@jimmaurer83612 жыл бұрын
The British (correct me if I'm wrong) also improved the P-51 with the Merlin engine, but I'm not sure what engine was in it to begin with.
@MsTheCops2 жыл бұрын
@@jimmaurer8361 Yes ...the Allison V1710 was the original power plant. But the Rolls royce engine made it perform better.
@doublea8934 Жыл бұрын
My favorite WW2 fighter. Baa Baa black sheep show when I was a child made me fall in love with it.
@drpoundsign Жыл бұрын
You and Me BOTH.
@1936Studebaker2 жыл бұрын
Cover the Australian CAC CA-15 Kangaroo or the CAC Boomerang (CA-12, CA-13, CA-14 and CA-19) or if that's to hard the P61.
@willardwomack3104 Жыл бұрын
The corsair siting behind the two men being interviewed. number 530, is in the movie Devotion, with the number "203" painted on the nose. It also has a three bladed propeller, while the other three, four were used, have four bladed propellers.
@cyberwasp4612 жыл бұрын
Great video. Reminds me of the show, "blacksheep squadron." I wonder why the never thought of a periscope type idea so the pilots could see the carrier. Something mounted underneath, behind the cowling then up into the cockpit!! a tube and couple of mirrors.
@section8usmc53 Жыл бұрын
"The bent wing bastard" was my favorite nickname.
@leaphchausew72772 жыл бұрын
Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown (RN test pilot with the world record for most aircraft types flown, as well as, a veteran combat pilot is the man who discovered the safe approach for landing Corsairs on carriers safely. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot) He was a spectacular and fascinating man.
@cfzippo2 жыл бұрын
Save, Brown did not “discover the safe approach for landing Corsairs on carriers safely.” VF-12, VF-17, and VOC-1, USN squadrons, were all fully Corsair qualified by April 1943, prior to the British getting their first Corsair. The US Navy was using that “curving approach” to the carriers at least by the mid 1930s, and can be seen in the 1940 movie “Dive Bomber.” My Sources? “Jolly Rogers” by Tom Blackburn, “Whistling Death” by Chance Vought test pilot Boone Guyton, “Corsair” by Barrett Tillman, and the Corsair series by Dana Bell. Yes, there are more sources that will confirm this.
@louispetherbridge97542 жыл бұрын
@@cfzippo Bull shit
@dralangrant61382 жыл бұрын
@@cfzippo the brits received a small number of f4u for the navy to evaluate, this is how the us navy learned to fly them off of carriers from the Brits testing
@cfzippo2 жыл бұрын
@@dralangrant6138 That is incorrect. Well before any British airplanes, VF-12, VF-17 and VOC-1 were fully carrier qualified by April 1943. The USN was using the curving approach well before WWII. And some of the first USN carrier evaluations were actually done by Swede Vejtasa in March 43, listing 18 concerns to be addressed before full integration into USN Air Training command. I invite you to read Chance Vought test pilot Boone Guyton’s book “Whistling Death,” LtCdr Tom Blackbutn’s book “Jolly Rogers,” and the archival film of Vejtasa here, all happening before the British got any airplanes. No, the British hade zero to do with the “US Navy learning to flying them off carriers.” That’s a false narrative. The British learned their own technique, while training with the USN in the States, for their Corsair operations. Https://archive.org/details/NPC-921
@cfzippo2 жыл бұрын
@@dralangrant6138 It is also clear, from the writings of Lieutenant Commander (A) Norman S. Hanson, RNVR, that the Royal Navy had not established the preferred landing procedure of the F4U until December 1943, this, more than a year after VF-12 and VF-17 began carrier qualifications on the airplane.
@colejohnson37052 жыл бұрын
My dad grew up in Connecticutt, right across the river form the Corsair plant. They still have a Corsair out front. Stunning aircraft.
@sean2valid8862 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@parkerottoackley6325 Жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful birds 🐦 ever !
@briantaylor81972 жыл бұрын
The Corsair and the Hellcat had the exact same engine. The fule tank was in front of the cockpit, behind the engine.
@LeslieShaff-ud1ty Жыл бұрын
Yet the F4U was 20-30 mph faster. Had to do with carb and carb air flow. See Wings/Airport has a whole article on this.
@cleverusername93692 жыл бұрын
Just watched the movie Devotion and it is to the Corsair as Top Gun was too the F-14. Fantastic movie and an important story about the first Black American naval Aviator, Jesse Brown.
@panzerivausfg40622 жыл бұрын
I knew only about the British Corsair, because of War Thunder and because i have seen a photo in Wikipedia with a group of Corsairs parked in the stern of HMS Illustrious or HMS Indomitable in the Pacific
@lhkraut Жыл бұрын
If only I had been born in this generation! To be able to make videos about my favorite aircraft would be heaven on Earth!
@RienRocks Жыл бұрын
And possibly fly one too!
@indridcold84332 жыл бұрын
I actually touched one, caressed one, groped one! It was at the Navy Air Museum. There was an amazing, Navy blue specimen just glistening there, in front of me. It took me by surprise when I went around another plane and was met with it right in front of me! It was an instant heartbeat increase, heavy breathing, heat all over my body! It was near closing time but there were still other visitors. I felt an instant male, "reaction," that really could not be hidden! There were female visitors there that I had to hide the, "male condition," from them. There was a nearby bench I made a quick exit to so I could sit down and sort of cross my legs to hide the condition. But it was right next to the F4u Corsair! That made it impossible to become unexcited. Thus, I stayed there until the lights started being turned off to notify the visitors it was time to leave. Everyone left my location so I got up, way up, maybe too up, and started caressing the lines, running my finger up and down the body, I even heavy petted the small squared area on the front of one of the wings that allowed for both wings to have the same lift at low landing speeds. I can see it in my mind right now! OMG!!! I am going to have to stop this written experience of what I was feeling! I am getting out of breath! Nothing that sexy can ever be Madd again! The one I saw was over 70 years old! No woman can possibly be that sexy, even at 30! Sorry. I need to take a shower.
@deathsheir20352 жыл бұрын
5. I surprisingly already knew all that, down to the Ensign Eliminator nickname. 4. Already knew of the first official kill. That's sweet. So I'm already ahead of the game here XD. 3. This one is new. Thank you for this knowledge. Also, OW! Hearing perfectly good planes being thrown overboard, simply because US didn't want surplus, and UK couldn't afford it. That hurts. 2. I knew of their fights againt the Yaks, but I didn't know about the conflict involving a P-51. 1. And with my limited knowledge of the UK's Corsairs, I am not surprised I knew nothing of the German's capture of said aircraft. Thank TJ3 History, I learned 3 new pieces of information about the Corsair. Of the information I already knew: Thank you for a wonderful video.
@fjde0092 жыл бұрын
So sad that they dumped all those British Corsairs into the sea like that 😢
@CakePrincessCelestia2 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they did that instead of just giving them back...
@pjdrewll29222 жыл бұрын
Right! They should have given them to our allies. :(
@spokanetomcat12 жыл бұрын
So many times a fact is omitted about this aircraft. You spoke briefly about the big prop it had. There was a differance between the ground base and carrier base props. The Navy found out that the three-bladed props tore up the wood on the carriers. So, they opted for a four-blade prop which was smaller and better for landings on carriers. The Marines kept the three-blade props for land base landings.
@daviddaigrepont94852 жыл бұрын
The B25 Mitchells that were modified to attack shipping in the pacific would interesting.
@TJ32 жыл бұрын
I have an interesting video coming up in a few weeks concerning one of these :)
@murphygreen84842 жыл бұрын
Demanding our toys back, but destroying them because we had no use for them is the most American thing I've ever heard.
@benwright6330 Жыл бұрын
Bau Bau Black Sheep, with Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington. 👍
@TheHarvHR Жыл бұрын
For anyone who cares: No. The British didn't come up with the curved approach. When the British got their Corsairs, they immediately put the curved approach on because that was standard operation for the Royal Navy. The RN were using the Seafire at the time, which also had a long nose with poor downwards visibility for a carrier aircraft, so for years they were doing this. What often gets overlooked by this overstated and incorrect 'fact' is that the Royal Navy got their Corsairs *after* the US Navy had already had several squadrons qualify for landing, notably VF-12. VF-12 wasn't full of idiots who said 'jesus take the stick' on landing, they quickly realised that the only way to see the carrier on approach was to do a curved approach and so employed it themselves months before the first British pilots got in the cockpit of the plane, with VF-12 being qualified to land the Corsair on the ships in April '43 and the British not getting Corsairs until November. VF-12 and VF-17 were qualified before the British got theirs, VF(N)-101 were operating their F4U-2 night fighters *at night* from Intrepid and Enterprise before the Royal Navy put theirs into combat.
@KevinPatz-pn2gs11 күн бұрын
Yes but the Brits are petty and think they are the smartest. We know they weren't as smart as Germany because they needed help.
@bradyelich27452 жыл бұрын
It was Captain Eric Brown, RN, whom taught the US how to land the Corsair on carrier.
@maxschell88232 жыл бұрын
Hmmm! You may want to read further Lieutenant Commander (A) Norman S. Hanson , RNVR Royal Navy F4U experience. Read "Carrier Pilot" by Hanson and F4U Corsair at War by Abrams in which Hanson gives us additional information on the Royal Navy's experience with the Corsair.
@bradyelich27452 жыл бұрын
@@maxschell8823 Hmmm! 65% of all US airplane losses in WW2 was due to accidents.
@harryhudson51402 жыл бұрын
Capt Eric Brown pretty much despised the Corsair as much as I could tell in that section of his book on Royal Navy aircraft. It might have helped if he had been at least 6 feet tall. The reason the Corsair was kept around so long was it could carry 4000+ pounds of ordinance and had twice the range of the early jets. It was also the first airplane that would tear up the aircraft carrier as much as the aircraft carrier could damage it.
@bradyelich27452 жыл бұрын
@@harryhudson5140 Being 5'4" is what kept Captain Brown alive in his many test flight crashes. The US Navy paid to try to beat his carrier landings, and many died trying.
@harryhudson51402 жыл бұрын
I’m only repeating what he wrote in the story about it being designed for 6 foot tall pilots. Guess he didn’t have to worry about banging his head on the gunsight.
@festersmith8352 Жыл бұрын
Not much of an airplane fanatic, but i do love the look of this thing. It appears to me the engine is pretty compacted in design toward the front of the aircraft, instead of a longer inline, or V configuration. So what is in front of the pilot that forces to push the cockpit so far back on the structure. All I can see is moving it forward for the better visibility it would have benefited from? And many other craft have the big square nose, were they not also troubled with visibility? Most of the Japanese craft were of this design as well, from what I can tell. Would have loved to see a craft with the gull wing and a pointed nose for design. Just imagining how that would have looked pretty good.
@festersmith8352 Жыл бұрын
@@johnklatt3522 Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions! But then it just leads me too wonder why not put the tank behind the cockpit? As a long time mechanic/handyman, I am very often scratching my head, and wondering what were the engineers thinking when they designed this... (insert any combination of four letter expletives here). I really like that XF4U-1!
@festersmith8352 Жыл бұрын
@@johnklatt3522 I'm not an aeronautics engineer. But was thinking maybe the same, as I typed the question. Thanks again for taking the time! Picked up a few models of these recently, and having my first go at model aircraft. Never considered aircraft models, until I seen one of these in a random rabbit hole on the webs.
@deejayimm2 жыл бұрын
Anyone who's ever worked in retail won't be surprised that they would rather destroy all of those aircraft than give them away without receiving payment. I understand their reasoning, but it still doesn't change the fact that it's fucked up...
@lwmcvay90452 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@deejayimm2 жыл бұрын
@whocares notme or at least loan them with promise to repay? Profiteering is all the US has ever been about. That makes sense often, but sometimes, like when it leads to the destruction of perfectly functional equipment, it shows the stupid nature of blind capitalism.
@deejayimm2 жыл бұрын
I'm getting replies in my notifications but I can't reply to you because Utoob is a toxic platform.
@lwmcvay90452 жыл бұрын
@@deejayimm 🙄 You lost me there. Adios.
@Fister_of_Muppets Жыл бұрын
Even if you're not a fan of it, this plane went out of its way to F4U
@dunbar9finger2 жыл бұрын
The comment that the shape reducing drag was an accidental discovery is false. It was known and a deliberate motivation of the design. You could have had a low wing that came out straight from the bottom of the fuselage but at an angle that's not perpendicular to the cylindrical fuselage. This is what the F6 did to handle its large propellor.. But doing that adds drag as the most clean approach is for the wing to attach perpendicular to the fuselage's curve. If you want the wing to be low but also perpendicular to the fuselage it comes out at a downward angle. Thus the idea to have it attach to the fuselage aimed perpendicular angled down, then bend it back up once it was away from the fuselage. Yes it was done to make the landing gear fit the propellor, but the reason to do that with the bent wing instead of a low straight wing was the thing about drag being less if the wing attaches to the fuselage perpendicularly, which they did know about ahead of time and is why they did it. It wasn't accidentally discovered after the fact as implied here.
@skyden241952 жыл бұрын
Of the events/facts discussed in this video, I'm most interested in the F4U Corsair vs. the P-51 Mustang, in particular how these two aircraft ended up in the two opposing countries in the first place, as well as a more detailed look at the actual conflicts between the aircraft involved. Of the "things never known" about the F4U Corsair, I actually knew much about the design "flaws" (and remedies) of the aircraft, but most of the "while in use" events I was not aware of.
@Me2Lancer Жыл бұрын
In 1948 when I was but a small child, my family lived Grand Prairie, Tx just north of the Chance Vought plant where F4U aircraft were being built. In addition, F4Us flew out of Naval Air Station Dallas across the airfield from Chance Vought. I'll never forget these inverted gull wing planes flying right over the roof of our house.