Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

But Jim Tobul of Jackson Hole, Wyo., who grew up in Wexford, was unable to take off in his 1945 F4U Corsair fighter plane. “I need about 2,000 feet of clearance under the clouds to perform ...