VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, from prototype to F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, from prototype to F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, from prototype to F4U-7
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, from prototype to F4U-7

VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940–1964, from Prototype to F4U-7

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Built in more than 12,000 units across six main versions, operated by certain air forces into the 1970s, but above all the emblematic aircraft of the Pacific War and a true star of the small screen, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair is unquestionably one of the most famous aircraft in the history of aviation.

 

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Immediately recognisable by its "gull-wing" configuration — imposed by its very large-diameter propeller — the Corsair, after a difficult start, became one of the architects of American naval aviation's success during the Second World War, earning along the way its nickname of "whistling death", owing to the noise produced by its engine and wings during attack runs.


For want of an available and effective successor, it returned valiantly to service during the Korean War, during which it flew nearly 80% of ground-attack missions. While the United States were the principal operators of the F4U, the British Fleet Air Arm used it from the Second World War onwards, including in the European theatre of operations, while France — for which a specific version was manufactured by Vought — did not retire its last Corsairs until the early 1960s, having used them in combat in Algeria and at Suez.


Across nearly 224 pages, these two leading specialists and illustrators of world aviation have produced nearly 200 previously unpublished profiles of this legendary aircraft, alongside a comprehensive text on the history of the Corsair.

Author 1
Bruno Pautigny
Author 2
Nicholas Gohin
Publication date
September 2019
Pages
224
Illustrations
200 color profiles plus photos
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
HEIMDAL
EAN
9782840484752

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