The F4U Corsair’s revolutionary inverted gull wing was an engineering masterpiece for speed, but it created a lethal problem ...
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, ...
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, ...
AN F4U Corsair will be flying in to Boyington Field on August 13, giving community members a glimpse of one of the famous warbirds that flew during WWII. The Corsair, owned by Ray Thompson and piloted ...
In the European Theater of World War II, the P-51 Mustang was the top aircraft when it came to shooting down or otherwise nullifying Axis airpower. In the Pacific, planes like the P-38 Lightning ...
As many as 35 Corsairs still fly today, and 11 of them made it to the 2019 Thunder Over Michigan warbird show. Getting them all in one shot took the considerable talents of photographer Scott Slocum ...
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ...