The Ultimate American Fighter of WWII - F4U Corsair

[@danmcclenny9067]

My father flew the Corsair as a Navy pilot in the Pacific during WW II, and later in the Naval Reserve. He loved that aircraft!

[@captaincurd2681]

My fav WW II fighter plane. I love everything about it. It looks very masculine and lean.

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

That is so cool! Tell us more about your father's combat service s a Naval aviator. (Pilots are Air Force.)

[@Brighid45]

My dad did too. During WWII he was assigned to VMF-211, the Wake Island Avengers, and at one point flew 20 missions in 5 days during the battle of Okinawa. Many years later he was asked to test fly a restored Corsair in Kalamazoo, but had to decline due to failing health. He felt he just wasn't safe to fly--a consummate pilot to the end. Thanks to your dad for his service.

[@Me2Lancer]

I lived in Grand Prairie, Texas in the mid-late 1940s. It was rewarding to see the amazing aircraft Vought was making at that time.

[@thaknobodi]

I was born in GP 40 years later.

[@mikez3114]

The Corsair is simply the best fighter plane the USA produced during world war 2 and beyond by a few more years.

[@jacktattis]

Where was it the best? Certainly not in the ETO/MTO against the stronger enemy

[@mikez3114]

The Corsair was fast and rugged. By 1944 with drop tanks it had a sufficient operating range. You don’t think the pilots of the Corsair would have adapted in the ETO and been successful? Of course it would have. That’s why the p47 was successful in the ETO. With that said the Japanese were a capable enemy. Hence why they captured almost all of the pacific early in the war. Also ask the marines who flew the Corsair early in 43’.

[@drew65sep]

​​​@@jacktattisthe Brits did pretty damn good with it before any US pilots climbed in the seat. They also taught us the best/safest way to land em on the deck of a carrier. But, like this vid says, the British operated em in the European Theater, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Pacific Theater, and the Indian Ocean. But, failed in mentioning the Aussie pilots who flew with the Allies over SE Asia, the China Sea, French Indochina, and Burma. All suffered from very limited numbers of Corsairs though...which is perhaps why the airframe isn't talked or taught about more. They were still in service and flying when the Korean "Police Action" broke out, and the precursor of the Sky Raider's arrival in theatre to start performing fire support missions for the troops doin the fighting on the ground. Apologies for all the ratchet-jawing.

[@jacktattis]

@@drew65sep The USN were landing it OK it was the recruits that had the trouble The FAA made a few changes to the Plane that allowed them to have their new pilots a safe landing

[@ahmadalinaqvi5108]

No it was p51 mustang

[@asdf9890]

Always loved the Corsair as a kid. Just something about the looks, same with the P51 and Bf109. B17 and Lancasters if we talk bombers too.

[@joemartin7767]

Had an uncle who flew the F4U1D off the USS Lexington as squadron commander of VBF94. He had 4 air victories and was awarded the Navy Cross for putting a 1000lb bomb down the stack of the Jap hybrid battleship aircraft carrier Ise at Kure harbor in July 1945. The bomb exploded the ships boilers and broke her keel. Ise settled into the mud as a useless hulk. She was later scrapped and no doubt turned into Toyotas and razorblades.

[@aaroncarter4089]

Ya my grandpa shot down a fighter plane/ submarine/howitzer

[@joemartin7767]

@@aaroncarter4089 look up the history of VBF94.

[@Ruger44Redhawk]

Finally, after waiting since I was a kid, I finally got to see a F4U Corsair not only fly but take pictures up close. I can now die a happy man! Took my kids to the Warhawk Air Museum Air Show in Nampa, ID last weekend where we saw three P-40 Warhawk's, three different P-51 Mustangs (including the Boise Bee), a P-38 Lightning, a B-25 Mitchell, some T-6's and torpedo bombers and of course the F4U Corsair. So glad I took my kids there to hear the 1940's music and watch these warbirds fly right over us.

[@lisadebenedetti6174]

When one of these start up...I'm covered in goose bumps. 😅 what a beautiful plane.

[@Agent77X]

The F4U Corsair was the best all around fighter for WWII!

[@amandahaigwood597]

the P-38 was 100% better. it also beat the corsairs speed record by reaching 420 mph.

[@jacktattis]

Crap. The Spitfire could go higher, dive further ,roll faster, climb faster, turn tighter,

[@azazel7502]

@@jacktattisbut its a bri'ish plane so its unvalid

[@kennethcook9406]

@@amandahaigwood597 Since when is 450 mph slower than 420 mph?

[@kennethcook9406]

@@jacktattis The Spitfire was also made of Balsa Wood and canvas, not armored steel and self-sealing fuel tanks.

[@drew65sep]

Hands-down, my favorite prop driven aircraft of WW2.

[@maxschell8823]

Nice video. Minor point. At :42 second mark the company in 1938 was Vought Sikorsky (VS). In 1943 the name of the company changed to Chance Vought. Also we can't find any record that Igor Sikorsky had a part in the design of the F4U Corsair. At this time Igor Sikorsky had shifted his focus from flying boats e.g. S-38, S-42, S-43, S-44 etc. to the design and development of helicopters. Source: Aviation Careers of Igor Sikorsky by Cochrane , Hardesty, Lee

[@wl7107]

Probably the best way to determine what plane was the best would be to listen to which plane the enemy feared the most. The Japanese were the only axis power to face virtually all the great fighters used by the allies including Spitfires and other British fighters in the far east; also they even faced some soviet planes in the last days of the war. According to Saburo Sakai the highest-scoring Japanese ace to survive the war (number three overall in Japan), he said the plane that the Japanese fighter pilots feared the most was the Corsair. He said he felt that he could safely speak for all the Japanese pilots. That's probably the most fair and accurate way to determine what plane was the best. Now for those who will continue to say the air corps had the best plane, then one would have to conclude that Navy/Marine pilots are by far the best. It was the Marine Corps, at first being the sole user of the plane, who began the great reputation of the Corsair.

[@wizardsmoke4893]

this is what my dad flew during the war

[@angusyoung7668]

The Corsair and the P-51 Mustang is my favorite planes

[@muff.t2780]

My wife has been researching my family history. Traced our relations in the US to the early 18th century Told me this morning she had found a cousin of my father who was a Major in the USMC. Flew Corsairs. Sadly he was reported missing in action over Bougainville, Papua New Guinea during Operation Cartwheel, 1943. My grandfather was born in Newburgh New York. Came back to fight in WW1 with the Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers. His reward for surviving Gallipoli was to be sent to the Western Front. We are a family, originally from the Scottish Borders Just made me realise how intertwined our history is. Especially now, we need to keep that bond.

[@toddrone]

Watching Baa baa black sheep as a kid made me ❤ this fighter

[@davidproudfoot6390]

Great video I enjoyed it very much the Corsair is my favorite aircraft of World War II I think it is the most beautiful and graceful airplane ever built

[@oldfriend327]

2:28 and 8:53 Very interesting. If you look really close, you can see the type of ammunition they are loading into that left wing is not the 50 Cal, it is the much larger 20mm that was used on later Corsairs. You can also see the end of those massive 20mm barrels sticking out from the left wing too. That footage there has to be from the Korean War and that Corsair is probably the -5 "Dash Five" version. Does anybody know, are those probably the Pontiac 20mm rotary type cannons that were later put into the Northrop F-5?

[@oldfriend327]

@@johnklatt3522 Hi John, thank you for that. I did not know about the Hispano, will look it up though.

[@mikescarborough9196]

This aircraft also saw action in the Korean War and was credited with several MiG kills.

[@jakubzaz]

There is movie Devotion from 2022 about that. Flying scenes are nice.

[@salinagrrrl69]

Last action of the Corsair was during the Soccer War when in a dogfight a Vought Corsair shot down a Goodyear Corsair perhaps over Honduras.

[@i-tiyahman6519]

I served under Captain Reynaldo Cortez he was shot down the Honduran had 4 blades the Salvadorans 3 blades prop

[@LonMoer]

The last model of the Cosrair was the F4U-7, basically an export version of the F4U-4 produced for the French Navy.

[@spokanetomcat1]

What I have heard about the aircraft changing from a three to a four-prop propeller was twofold. It was added to the most advanced WASP engine modifications for more speed and stability and two prevented propeller strikes then landing and nose tipping forward striking the carrier decks and runways. If anyone heard more or different, I am all ears.

[@A.G.798]

Ein Wunderschönes und sehr Kampfstarkes Flugzeug ❤ !

[@kelso4962]

My great uncle Herb flew these in the pacific in WW2. He then went on to be one of the first helicopter pilots during the Korean War. He got shot through his thigh through the canopy. If you ever asked him about it he would just say “I zigged when I shoulda zagged kid.” Miss that guy.

[@ChrisFoisy]

Aka called the whistle of death...my favorite ww ll plane I love the sound of that radial engine.. nothing sounded so sweeter 😊

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Awesome Aircraft, Thx for posting. 👍🇺🇲

[@hugh-iu7vo]

Of course there was a beautiful plane

[@DragonStar524]

One of, if not the best fighter of WWII

[@literallyunderrated]

2:20 So the max speed actually slows down by 7 mph? Sounds like a step backwards

[@Natureboy1607]

Corsair and the A10 ! Coolest to fly !

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Without a doubt my favorite plan of the era.

[@luisnguyen5455]

F4 Corsair looks like Bearcat during Vietnam war before 1955 .Thankyou for posting buddy.(AR south Vietnam)🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇬🇧🙋‍♂️

[@aaronnormanbigalbal7601]

And I thought the F4U Corsair was used in the Vietnam War. It was used during World War 2 and the Korean War

[@joemartin7767]

The F8F Bearcat was just beginning to be sent into fleet service when the war ended. She saw mo action in WWII. Fast and highly maneuverable she was the ultimate combination of the powerful double wasp engine crammed into the smallest airframe possible. It was slow notoriously unstable at low speeds and resulted in several fatal nose over low speed, low altitude accidents during instrument landings and low visibility landings.

[@HellenKillerProject]

My Father was a pilot. He helped in testing the little triangle to even the wings. Strange he was a Navy guy, moved to the Marines to fly the planes on aircraft carriers. So he served .. Albert Hill Jones Jr.

[@Jonno2summit]

Few aircraft have such a long production run as the Corsair. Certainly no fighters had such a long run until the jet age, and only such workhorses as the A-1 and A-26 had a service life as long. For piston-engined aircraft dating from WW2, I can't think of a single plane that had such a long PRODUCTION run as the Corsair, from '42 to '52 plus. I think they may have been in production through '55 for smaller contracts for ground attack? (Obviously, it wasn't produced as a fighter after WW2. It was a ground attack beast like the P-47) Correct me if I'm wrong on the dates, please. But the amazing fighters of WW2, like the P-38, 51, 47, F6F had their production ended immediately at the end of that war. The Corsair lived on and was still in production for over 5 years after WW2. THAT is testament to the Corsair.

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

Yes it was. The best all around fighter plane the USA built through and long past WWII. The most badass looking fighter airplane of its era. I'm biased though because I fell in love with the Corsair as kid during the tv series Baa Baa Black Sheep.😎

[@edwardwong654]

I also hear that the P-51 Mustang was the IT plane. So which is it?

[@nightjarflying]

Corsair - very hard to knock down. Most feared by IJN pilots.

[@SPAMsammiches]

aircraft at 3:30 is not a Zero... while you are talking about Zeroes

[@bagomoyo]

1:57 what’s the name of the airplane with 807 on it’s nose?

[@tukuhnikivats]

Douglas Skyraider

[@scrappydude1]

With the exception of a dedicated torpedo bomber, you could have replaced every other single engine fighter or attack aircraft, including the dive bombers, with the F4U and we would have had the same victory, though likely a little sooner. No other aircraft in the war could have done this.

[@jacktattis]

hahaha what utter B.S. It manoeouvred just a little better than a Brick Out house And it never fought the stronger enemy and was not as good as the planes already There.

[@scrappydude1]

Well, we are all entitled to our opinions, but it’s helpful if those opinions are based on facts. In 1943 fly off tests an F4u-1 (early birdcage model) completely outflew the P-51B (slightly faster than the more famous D) in direct fly off tests. To quote the review board “the F4U was everywhere more maneuverable than the P-51” Only in regards to dive speed and a slight advantage in level speed above 25,000 did the P-51 outperform the Corsair. In 1944 the Navy conducted a series of tests between the F4U-1D and F6F-3. Conclusion? The F4U was found to be a better overall fighter, a better aircraft for carrier operations and a significantly more versatile aircraft with it’s significant advantage in ground attack and ability to act as a first rate dive bomber. The board’s recommendation was to immediately begin to phase out the F6F in favor of the F4U. This was begun but fully implemented before the war ended. In Europe, the F4U faced a number of fly off tests , where it again was the overall superior aircraft. It was flown against P-47, Bf-109, FW-190, Spitfire, etc. The closest overall competitor was the FW-190, but again the overall winner was the Corsair. Sorry, but these are not opinions but actual results from actual tests done in the real world.

[@jacktattis]

@@scrappydude1 You are joking there was nowhere that the Corsair could beat the Spitfire

[@jacktattis]

@@scrappydude1 Where and when were these flyoffs I think you play with the truth

[@jacktattis]

@@scrappydude1 In Europe you mean the UK What dates What Airfields what units .

[@robertmannel4446]

Great post. Great airframe!

[@michaelvol8922]

That's a beautiful plane.

[@pedroandrade4203]

@3:42 That is not a Zero. Probably a Ki43 Oscar

[@jayh1734]

Your right. I noticed it too. It's an Oscar. Also snuck in an f8f taking off.

[@Brickster325]

Most interesting piece of information keep up the good work😁

[@lmaoasian2518]

when a prop plane shoot down a fighter jet during korean war, Yep thats corsair !

[@jacktattis]

Yep that was a sea fury as well

[@icuabc1235]

F4U Sounds like it's already a Badass 🤟😃🤟 Miss Whisting Death. Getcha some.

[@danh1945]

The wing design was for aerodynamic efficiency, not ground clearance for the prop. Shorter struts, some extra ground clearance etc. were by products of the inverted gull wing. The Hellcat used the same diameter prop, 13' 1" without the inverted gull wing. The F6F-6 Hellcat turned a 4 bladed prop of some 13' 4" diameter without lengthening the struts.

[@danh1945]

@@johnklatt3522 Lots of verbiage there to say the inverted gull wing design was primarily for aerodynamic efficiency. I guess the "Biggest prop ever installed on a US fighter" sounds cool and adds to the Corsair mystique.

[@MrMan5014]

I wish they had gone into full production on the experimental FG-2 made by Goodyear!…it would have been interesting how it would have performed in combat!

[@nonayerbidnet6974]

I can't decide the best; corsair, hellcat, thunderbolt, or mustang. All good. Just took a few years to become operational for all. Thanks to the greatest generation

[@wl7107]

You named 4 great airplanes. Three of them (the first three) all used the same engine. I believe the B-29 also used the same engine, of course, it had 4 of them.

[@amelierenoncule]

As a child in my motherland, mes amis, I read the memoirs of a chap who was a combat pilote of one of these in WWII. He claimed that the Flight Manual stated that the glide-characteristics were SO poor, that if the engine stopped, you should bail-out (if high enough) ... OR 'Whistle A Happy Tune and Kiss Your Ass Goodbye '! ... because a 'dead-stick’ landing was very iffy.

[@nuancolar7304]

It was more difficult to operate from carriers compared to other fighters, but once airborne there was little enemy pilots could do against the Corsair.

[@danh1945]

Note the fuse extender on the bomb at 3:11. You'll have to hit pause.

[@R.boomhower]

The only set back with the Corsair and P47D Thunderbolt , even though they had the same power plant , was that the P47D Thunderbolt was built like a "tank" . It could take a lot of punishment, have multiple cylinders shot out and still get the pilot safely home. The Corsair didn't have the protective armor that the P47D Thunderbolt had, which gave it a greater range.

[@davillain1847]

Surprised the F2G wasn't talked about. It was a later variation that was finished just after propeller combat aircraft were no longer viable and was turned into a race plane

[@scrappydude1]

It was intended as a dedicated kamikazi interceptor. It was 75-80 mph faster than the F4u-1 and 100 mph faster than the F6F At sea level and had a significantly faster rate of climb, and was designed to run down the kamikazi threat as it approached the ships. Only 11 were built

[@wanyelewis9667]

It had the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engine, with over 3,000 hp in the Corsair application. It was a great idea, but top speed wasn't improved enough to really make it worth it. Climb rate was significantly improved, though. The idea was that it would protect the fleet from kamikaze attacks. The F8F Bearcat, with the same engine as the regular Corsair, offered similar performance.

[@LudwigJoel]

f4u corsair a real marvel

[@Military-TV]

Badass warbird

[@ronz101]

THANK YOU! 👍🎄🇺🇲

[@Idahoguy10157]

Aircraft carrier safe use took time to solve. The Corsair in American service was initially land based.

[@apersondoingthings5689]

Actually first uses of the Corsair was in U.S.S. Bunker hill. They really loved those things

[@jonbowden5207]

@@apersondoingthings5689 That may be, but when it came time to deploy the Bunker Hill, they ditched the F4U squadron for Hellcats, as there weren't a good inventory of parts to support the F4U, and it wasn't quite ready for carrier use. The F4U squadron in question was given choice of switching to F6F or being deployed to land base, they chose the latter, and there you go. See Jolly Rogers. CV-17 and the navy generally were more than fine with the F6F, which represented disaster to the Japanese aircraft encountered, exp over Rabaul

[@apersondoingthings5689]

@@jonbowden5207 that’s the squadron I am referencing. I already know about VF-61. I don’t need the explanation, I already lost my mind researching U.S. navy squadrons on a term paper

[@clarencehopkins7832]

I’m in , excellent stuff bro

[@danielhipp5541]

Super Corsair had 3,000 horse power made by Goodyear F2G-1 powered by Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major , had 28 cylinders. 😳🔥

[@finjay21fj]

I'm British and regard this as the best of WW2, there were many others, but this is the top of the cake \(^v^)/!

[@jacktattis]

I doubt a Britisher would utter such rubbish

[@havennewbowtow8835]

The US navy initially hated it, it was given to the Brits, who developed a safe system for landing on a flight deck. Once it was perfected, the US kept them.

[@TonyWhite-x3c]

My dad a Kiwi flew the Corsair in the Royal Navy on u boat patrol in the north Atlantic. The Americans regarded them as Ensign eliminators, until the British Navy perfected the aircraft carrier landing technique. My dad then in his late eighties at an airshow was allowed to get in the Corsair cockpit again. I have the pic of him smiling from ear to ear. A fantastic airplane.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Corsair was a dam good plane

[@jacktattis]

Not good enough

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@jacktattis actually it was good enough, more than good

[@jacktattis]

@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec It only had the kills of the Hurricane and the Hurricane fought the best the Germans had in 1939 40 41 Corsair Combat Debut Feb 43 against a very weak Japanese foe.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@jacktattis the huricane was used to go after the bombers very rarely it went against fighters, the corsair was used for ground support, not dog fights, that doesn't mean it didnit go against fighters, just not its primary role

[@paulmazan4909]

Fans of any aircraft will always consider their favorite "the best". The F4U was a fine aircraft and effective but doesn't look impressive when it's combat record is compared to others. The top five American aces flew P-38's (Bong and McGuire), P-47's (Gabreski and Johnson) and the F6F. An argument can be made for any of those aircraft. The P-47 did the same job in Europe as the Corsair did in the Pacific. Ground attack, Fighter escort, and Light bomber. One of the main reasons that the P-51 and F4U didn't produce any of the top five aces is that by the time they were deployed lesser aircraft had already established air superiority and they found fewer targets. The F6F got a break by being there for the Turkey Shoot where it faced half trained pilots.

[@kenneth9874]

11to 1 is pretty impressive

[@johnholliday5874]

Well, one of them. The Hellcat and the Thunderbolt were no slouches. Nor were the Mustang and the Lightning.

[@davejones67]

The Hellcat had more victories and higher kill ratio and was also preferred carrier plane.

[@jayh1734]

Why didn't they keep the hellcat around then and ditch the corsair? Because they were stupid?

[@TheAlaskamarine]

Whispering Death 👍

[@Corvacar]

You failed to take note of the nickname that the Enemy called it. “ The Whistling Death.”

[@bullgrim]

3:47 is not a Zero. It's an Oscar.

[@manricobianchini5276]

He'll yeah! It was the best fighter of WW2!

[@beginscratch]

I like this one and the p38

[@uscitizen5656]

I had a dream I flew an F4U but I was flying the British version, during a raid on a railroad bridge and train. I took a round in my left leg, which is also the leg I broke when I was 10.

[@cordellej]

would love to see how this would perform with a mordern turbo prop engine in it

[@maxschell8823]

NO the Corsair flew FIRST 29 May 1940. The F4U flew faster than 400 MPH 1 October 1940.

[@jacktattis]

True but first combat nearly three years later

[@adrientreflest3830]

beautiful bird

[@MichealPrime-d7c]

Yes this is true she was the best carrier fighter AND ground based fighting machine of world war 2

[@jacktattis]

It was NOT the best carrier plane That was the Hellcat. And there were planes in the west that were better G/A planes RAF Typhoon Tempest Mustang Spitfire [ in a pinch] USAAF A36 P51 even the P47 [ But not low low] No radial engine powered plane was as good down low as the In-line Liquid Cooled Planes which were faster at sea level

[@apersondoingthings5689]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@jacktattishold on did you just say that the mustang and spitfire were better than the Corsair in ground attack, that’s just absurd. The only planes in that category are the thunderbolt and typhoon. Even still the Corsair was easily the most effective out of them all. The P47 and Typhoon were highly ineffective and required massive amounts of ordnance to even come close to a target because of the rockets they used. The Corsair on the contrary played a massive role in victories in peleliu (I can’t spell sorry), Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The Corsair was just a much better attack plane than really any other fighter. It had the heaviest bomb load, carried the most effective weaponry (tiny tims, napalm, and massive bombs to name a few), and was just deployed more effectively compared to the western theater of operations were attack planes were really ineffective with there actually destruction being a fraction of what it was said to be. Also radial engines were much more effective at low altitudes on average. Most radial designs were optimized for medium to low altitudes. Corsairs, 190s, hellcats, la 5s, la 7s, almost every Japanese planes. The radial was a much better option at low altitudes because it was a on average more powerful and more reliable option

[@jacktattis]

@@apersondoingthings5689 wow Pelelieu 5 Sqr Km Okinawa 21 sqr km Okinawa 2271 Sqr Km Hurricane in Egypt/ Libya Shimbin to Bengazi 6000 sq miles Typhoon all of Northern France and Belgium to Holland 50000 Sq miles USAAF A36 similar RAF Mustangs from Nov 1941 to1945 doing nothing but G/A All of France Your radials are looking a little sick

[@apersondoingthings5689]

@@jacktattis wow great you do not bring up any facts about their usefulness at all. The area they cover means absolutely nothing. The methods of cas the planes used was awful. The spitfire could carry absolutely nothing. The typhoon and p51 are the only relevant cas options here. However the P51 could only carry 8 Hvars and 2 1,000 pound bombs and the typhoon really only carried RP3s which are very inaccurate. Vs the absolute CAs god the F4U which could carry more than a B17 internally could on short missions. The F4U has more sorties than almost all aircraft in ground attack, except the P47. The F4U was just used at a much higher rate and much more effectively with cas being more needed in battle it fought. Hell the Corsair dropped 70% of the bombs the USA fighters dropped and considering that the USA used bombs more than the British, that means the Corsair dropped the vast majority of the bombs by fighters from the western allies. The square mileage means absolutely nothing. And if we’re speaking about range the only plane up there that has a better range is the mustang. Looks like the in lines are completely out classed. Considering the two most effective G/A aircraft were radials

[@jacktattis]

@@apersondoingthings5689 YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW MUCH 1, Your F4U1 did not fight against the Luftwaffe OR the German Army 2. The USMC knew absolutely nothing about CAS and G/A 3 The USAAF learnt from the masters The RAF and friends 4. Your F4U1 could not carry 6000 lB WHICH THE b17 could 5. Your F4U1 did NOT carry rockets only 2x1000lb bombs 6. The 4x cannon of the F4U1 was matched by all the RAF planes 7. The Hurricane Typhoon Tempest even the Spitfire when flown by the RGAF had rockets 8. The Corsair was out matched 9. A36 6 x 50s 10x 5 in. Rockets or 2000 lb of bombs 10 Mustang 1A 4x cannon 2 x500 lb Bombs or 8x rockets 11 No RAF /Friends CAS or G/A planes had 2400 lost doing G/A as did the P47 and if your Corsair had come across it would have had similar losses 12 RAF2TAF Typhoons destroyed the German 10th Army at the Falaise Gap through terror alone .

[@darrenbizzell3822]

giong to the next airshow in Jersey , were the : Wasp: delivered those baby!

[@user-JQL837UOV]

I have a plushie of an f4u corsair from the disney planes movie. the corsair's name in the movie is skipper riley. in my history class, im doing a power point about these while cuddling my plush corsair ;3

[@Dv087]

Anyone believing the Mustang was the best fighter of WWII is uneducated. Met Pappy Boyington and got his autograph as a kid.

[@mikehiggins946]

YES, MR. CORSAIR, I HAVE A MR. P-51 MUSTANG HOLDING ON LINE 2.

[@jacktattis]

Yes indeed the F4U fans cannot grasp that this plane did not fight the strongest enemy The P51 P47 P38 did. This plane was an also ran

[@apersondoingthings5689]

⁠​⁠@@jacktattisdude it faced an enemy already decimated when entering service. Everybody knows that. Even still it didn’t struggle against planes that the spitfires did not do well against like the zero

[@joesphbegley3088]

The gull wings to provide space for the huge propeller.

[@fredhaferkamp7224]

While the Corsair was very good, but, the thunderbolt was much more deadly, it could be argued

[@apersondoingthings5689]

You could argue any aircraft really

[@i-tiyahman6519]

The last ever Air combat fought in 1969 with piston or radial engines was in Central America is on the web one with 3 blades prop the other one 4 blade prop Captain Guillermo Cortez was shot down the same pilot shot down a P51

[@delta6335]

The music is really annoying.

[@runwillrobinson]

Did he say "undoubtful? 0:14. C'mon man!

[@fire_fly1268]

Just unloaded this in war thunder I’m very excited

[@darrenbizzell3822]

beatiful fuckin beatiful man!

[@jameszohrer2135]

Why do some Corsairs use a 4 bladed prop and some a 3 bladed prop?

[@apersondoingthings5689]

To adapt to higher horse power. The F4U-4s and 5s used 4 bladed props to better optimize the more hp

[@pearly872]

Too bad the background music is SSSooooo loud making the dialogue hard to understand.

[@TheRealMochiMan]

So this is Skipper

[@williampark974]

You forgot about the F4U-7 Corsair that served with the french in the Indo China War.

[@robertholland9842]

Who showed you

[@williampark974]

You forgot the F4U-7 Corsair that was used by the French during the Indo-China War during the 60s.

[@MichealPrime-d7c]

Its was originally designed in 1937 AND first flew in 1940

[@patropata6621]

The US were about to abandon the plane, until the Brits showed how to land safely on a carrier....the rest they say, is history...

[@dukecraig2402]

Nope, that's a myth, there were already carrier qualified F4U units like VF-17 and VF-12 very early on that even qualified with the original birdcage canopy F4U, VF-17 was even shipped out on the USS Bunker Hill for the Solomon Islands Campaign with F4U's, however upon stopping at Pearl Harbor to take on provisions VF-17 was informed that ComAirLand (the Navy's department in charge of all Naval aircraft) deemed the F4U unfit for carrier service due to maintenance and spare parts issues, something Tommy Blackburn, the commander of VF-17, knew was likely even after they'd departed from Norfolk on the Bunker Hill, him and his guys in VF-17 loved the F4U and were even who worked directly with Vought to improve it during their time in early 1943 while qualifying in the Chesapeake Bay on the converted steamship Charger resulting in the F4U-1A, in his words the biggest problem with the F4U was that it was "over engineered" leading to half of their F4U's always being deadlined, a problem that was compounded with the fact that there was a lack of qualified maintenance crews and spare parts. The issues with landing the F4U on carrier's is something that's been grossly exaggerated over the year's, the Navy never "came close to giving up" on the F4U nor did they pull it from carrier service because they couldn't land them on carrier's, it was simply pulled because an overly complicated aircraft that has spare parts shortages and lacks qualified maintenance crews isn't the wisest choice for a carrier borne aircraft, especially when they had the much simpler and easier to maintain F6F being produced in greater numbers, they never gave up on it they simply designated it as a land based fighter at the time, like VF-17 who at Pearl Harbor on the way to the Solomon Islands Campaign were unloaded from the Bunker Hill and replaced with an F6F squadron, they were then loaded onto another carrier that transported them to the Solomon's where they occupied an airstrip on the island of Espiritu Santo. After only 76 days of combat VF-17 emerged the most successful F4U unit in history with 154.5 aerial victories credited and another 27 probable's along with another 25 damaged. The reason that the Navy returned F4U's to carrier service was because in June of 1944 the Japanese launched their Kamikaze campaign, it was decided that the F4U with it's 4,200 ft per minute rate of climb that was superior to the F6F's 3,600 ft per minute rate and faster speed would be used to launch as a first wave to intercept incoming Kamikaze's with F6F's launching behind them to intercept any that made it through the F4U's. With the F6F's 19 to 1 kill to loss ratio it's silly to think that the Navy had been chomping at the bit for over a year to replace it with the F4U and it's 11 to 1 kill to loss ratio, had it not been for the Kamikaze's and the need for a fighter with the fastest climb rate available to act as an interceptor for them the F4U probably never would have been reinstated for carrier service, the Navy was perfectly happy with the way things were until the Kamikaze campaign was a game changer in that regard, and they didn't need the British or anyone else to show them how to land the F4U on carrier's, that's a myth created by British aviation writer's eager to sell books who knew printing that would be something their target audience would want to hear and cause a sensation with them, like most other long standing WW2 myths created by rumors, misinterpretation's or just plain someone taking credit for something they shouldn't that one doesn't stand up to facts, there's not one bit of evidence to support it beyond "We say so", there's no records of any US Navy fliers being sent somewhere to be trained by the British, no testimony from Navy fliers or any kind of evidence for it whatsoever beyond claims, like Andy Rooney's famous WW2 article in Stars and Stripes magazine while he was assigned to the 8th Air Force as a war correspondent about the ball turret gunner who was ground into hamburger during a wheels up emergency landing of a B17 it's not true, and like it it's proof that just because something made it into print doesn't mean it actually happened.

[@matthewmelton7831]

I know I know, the wings are just sexy AsF.. Definitely a favorite for me.

[@Jonno2summit]

I have a trivia question I don't know the answer to. Was the Corsair the first and last aircraft PRODUCED with the R-2800? I'm not talking about service life - I'm talking factory production. It's known as the first one to use the R-2800, but was it also the last? More knowledgeable folks are welcome to leave me an answer. EDIT: It was not. The answer surprised me! But have fun with it.

[@RicardoLeonardoPerez]

Me gusta ésa aeronave...

[@西方秀則]

Ｆ4Uコルセア攻撃機との空中戦をした、零戦や紫電や紫電改

[@nerose274]

Kill ratio of the F4U is still 11:1

[@kees1705vanwely]

F4U Corsair killratio 11 : 1 F6F Hellcat killratio 19 : 1 P-51 Mustang killratio 19 : 1

[@nightjarflying]

Meaningless. Many Corsairs were exclusively ground attack & didn't encounter Japanese a/c v often.

[@PAS_2020]

The greatest generation‼️

[@noahsawesomevids422]

Awesome 😎 American 🇺🇸 power ❤❤❤

[@jacktattis]

hAHAHA American Power hahaha 6 x machine Guns never beats Cannon All In Line engines of WW2 had better Power/weight Ratios Better Power to Displacement ratios and the best were British my friend Allison came close

[@apersondoingthings5689]

@@jacktattishave you ever heard of the F4U-4B or the F4U-1C. Jesus dude like honestly what do you have against America. Dude you are being the biggest teaboo when no one has even mentioned the British in anything but a positive light. Chill out man, go fight some werhaboo

[@Zedisdeadbaby666]

0:44 "Eye-gore Sikorsky"