Introduction
The Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft is best remembered for its service in World War II and Korean War. Although Vought Aircraft was the designer and developer, Goodyear Tire and Brewster Aircraft were licensed to build the Corsair.
During the production period from 1940 to 1953 (the French Air Force purchased the last one) 12,571 F4U were built between the 3 plants. The reason for the other two plants besides Vought was because once the War started, the demand for F4Us was overwhelming beyond, Vought’s capability.
The Corsair was used by the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marines (USMC) during World War II. It originally designed tso be a carrier-based fighter.
Because of carrier landing problems in the early days of its use, it was redirected to USMC as a land based fighter although it still had the carrier abilities. The Corsair entered the War in 1944 with USN , after the carrier landing difficulties were straighten out.