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Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2021. First flown in 1940, the prototype Vought F4U Corsair instantly became the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any description. Powered by a huge 18-cylinder Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp engine driving an enormous 13 feet 4 inch propeller, the first Corsairs were capable of 417mph. This figure would rise to nearly 450mph in later versions despite the fact that fuel load and overall weight was increased. Production began in 1941, not only by Vought but also by Goodyear and Brewster. The F4U entered service with the US Navy in September 1942, although carrier-borne operations were initiated a little later not by the Americans but by the British Fleet Air Arm. The aircraft subsequently came to be extensively used from land and sea by the US Marines, Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Air Force. Famous squadrons like VMF-214 'The Black Sheep' and VF-17 Jolly Rogers', along with many others, maintained total ascendancy over the Japanese for the…
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- Title Men Who Flew Vought F4u Corsair
- Author Martin Bowman
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher US Naval Institute Press
- ISBN 9781526705808 / 152670580X
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.29 x 6.3 x 1.18 in (23.60 x 16.00 x 3.00 cm)
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