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While perhaps not as nimble in [[air combat maneuvering|dogfighting]] as the [[F6F Hellcat]], Marine pilots had decisive kill ratios over their Japanese counterpart. | While perhaps not as nimble in [[air combat maneuvering|dogfighting]] as the [[F6F Hellcat]], Marine pilots had decisive kill ratios over their Japanese counterpart. | ||
With a powerful engine and propeller, the aircraft could carry more weapons than other fighters and was extremely effective in [[close air support]]. | With a powerful engine and propeller, the aircraft could carry more weapons than other fighters and was extremely effective in [[close air support]], its primary role in the [[Korean War]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 12 August 2010
Made principally by Chance-Vought, the F4U Corsair was a highly successful fighter and fighter-bomber, developed for the U.S. Marine Corps in the Second World War. It had a distinctive "gull wing" design in which the wing root tilted downward from the fuselage to the landing gear mount, and then up again; this allowed a high fuselage with a large and especially efficient propeller.
While perhaps not as nimble in dogfighting as the F6F Hellcat, Marine pilots had decisive kill ratios over their Japanese counterpart.
With a powerful engine and propeller, the aircraft could carry more weapons than other fighters and was extremely effective in close air support, its primary role in the Korean War.