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{{Writing|CobraKingII|24 March 2020}}
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Hello Colok76286, it will be better for people to use this talk page to contact you and post questions/information as all posts here are immediately viewable and do not require a moderator to approve the message which is necessary on the User page. You can use your user page to annotate areas you are working on (such as the torpedoes) and maybe provide status updates on what you are specifically working on (it's up to you it is your space to work with). Also, using the talk page alerts you when you log back in that someone has left a new message for you, whereas this does not happen with the User Page. Good luck working with the torpedoes, they do need a little love and there is a lot of good information out there about them. -[[User:U64962917|U64962917]] ([[User talk:U64962917|talk]]) 12:21, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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== Development ==
  
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= Award Request images =
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=== Origin ===
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Hello there!
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In 1938 the Navy wanted to find a design for a carrier-based fighter with more performance than the Brewster F2A and Grumman F4F. The design contract was given to Vought, based on their proposal, which featured a plane dependent on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine. The design included an inverted gull wing shape. This was necessary because the engine required a large propeller, which needed a large ground clearance. This would require very long landing gear, except the inverted gull wing shape allowed shorter landing gear, while maintaining the necessary ground clearance. The prototype, named XF4U-1 was armed with 4 machine guns, two .50 caliber machine guns in the wings and 2 .30 caliber machine guns on the engine cowling. The XF4U-1 first flew on May 29, 1940, and became the first single engine plane to fly over 400 mph. Before Vought was allowed to produce the plane though, they had to increase its armament, as it was deemed insufficient based on data from Europe. Its armament was changed to six .50 machine guns, and it was ordered into production. A self-sealing fuel tank in the fuselage above the wings caused the cockpit to be moved aft as well. The Navy ordered 584 F4U-1's on April 2, 1941.
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First of all, thank you for all the edits you've been doing thus far on the Wiki.
 
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I was looking through all the past edits in the last month, and noticed all the image work you and Jareel did. Given that many of the requested/missing award images are now up, do you still need the original award images?
 
  
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[[File:Water multistrike.jpg|none]]--[[User:U28580205|U28580205]] ([[User talk:U28580205|talk]]) 07:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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== Design ==
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: Hello, I don't need the pictures I uploaded anymore. You can totally delete them. --[[User:U44629479|U44629479]] ([[User talk:U44629479|talk]]) 11:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 
  
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=Tank mobility=
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=== Powerplant ===
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Hi! Thank you for your hard work but I basically made all the edits you've done obsolete. The wiki has a database with the tank weights, max speed, and spaded engine horsepowers(you can see them in the sidebar) so I made a template that taps into that and generated everything aside from stock engine power and addon armor weight. If you want to switch to the template then use <nowiki>{{tankMobility|abMinHp= number|rbMinHp= number|<!--AoAweight=(optional) -->}}</nowiki>--[[User:U30585107|U30585107]] ([[User talk:U30585107|talk]]) 16:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 
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: That's even better. Thanks. --[[User:U44629479|U44629479]] ([[User talk:U44629479|talk]]) 21:07, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 
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::I don't think anyone has done any major errorchecking on the numbers. So if it's just 1 off like for max speed, I'd give it a pass as a rounding issue. If it's more than that send a message to the wiki admins. In the mean time you can overwrite the numbers with the parameters shown here [[Template:TankMobility]]--[[User:U30585107|U30585107]] ([[User talk:U30585107|talk]]) 15:49, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 
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Wow, great job, congrats on finally managing to add the template to every single tank page! We really appreciate the work you've put in here! - [[User:U38088265|U38088265]] ([[User talk:U38088265|talk]]) 11:10, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 
  
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=== Fuselage ===
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Hello Colok76286,
 
  
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Could you please send/give me a link to your war thunder forum profile. 
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=== Wings and Landing Gear ===
  
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Kindest Regards
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=== Technical Issues ===
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Wiki Team
 
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--[[User:U1619975|U1619975]] ([[User talk:U1619975|talk]]) 01:05, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 
  
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Please see your forum PM o7 --[[User:U1619975|U1619975]] ([[User talk:U1619975|talk]]) 23:04, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
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=== Design Modifications ===
  
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= Indexing =
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=== Performance ===
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Thanks for updating the information regarding the quotation/question mark issue. I did not realize the question marks caused problems with indexing, good to know, I learn something new every day! Thanks! --[[User:U64962917|U64962917]] ([[User talk:U64962917|talk]]) 21:19, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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: Yes, I tried searching for tables with missing values replaced by ?.??, ??.??, ??? or ???? but the Wiki search engine returned no results. On the other hand, when searching for missing values filled with _.__, __._, __.__, __. ___ or ____, the search results were correct. --[[User:U44629479|U44629479]] ([[User talk:U44629479|talk]]) 22:40, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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== Service ==
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=== World War 2 ===
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==== United States ====
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===== Marine Corps =====
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===== US Navy =====
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==== Royal Navy ====
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==== Royal New Zealand Air Force ====
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==== Captured Corsairs ====
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=== Korean War ===
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==== United States ====
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==== French Navy ====
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==== Salvadoran Air Force and Honduran Air Force ====
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== Variants ==
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; F4U-1 (Corsair Mk I): First production version of the Corsair.
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; F4U-1A (Corsair Mk II): Had a simplified canopy, along with other minor improvements that allowed for easier carrier landings.
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; F3A-1 (Corsair Mk III): F4U-1 license-built by Brewster. Poor quality caused the contract to be terminated by the Navy.
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; F3A-1D (Corsair Mk III): F4U-1A license-built by Brewster. Poor quality caused the contract to be terminated by the Navy.
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; FG-1A (Corsair Mk IV): F4U-1 license-built by Goodyear.
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; FG-1D (Corsair Mk IV): F4U-1A license-built by Goodyear.
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; F4U-1B: Post-war designation (unofficial) for F4U-1's modified for Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) service.
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; F4U-1C: An F4U-1D with four 20 mm cannons replacing the six .50 calibre machine guns.
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; F4U-1D (Corsair Mk II): Had a new R-2800-8W engine, which was more powerful, allowing for more payload and performance.
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; F4U-1P: Photo reconnaissance variant.
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; XF4U-2: Night fighter variant with two auxiliary fuel tanks.
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; F4U-2: Experimental night fighter based on the F4U-1. The outer right machine gun was removed, so it had a total of five. An airborne intercept (AI) radar was equipped on the outer starboard wing.
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; XF4U-3: A variant designed for the testing of different engines in the F4U airframe.
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; FG-3: XF4U-3 license-built by Goodyear.
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; XF4U-3B: XF4U-3 with slight modifications, built for the FAA.
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; XF4U-4: A variant with a new engine and cowling.  
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; F4U-4: Variant with a new 2100 hp dual-stage-supercharged 18-W engine, a four-bladed propeller, and other minor improvements.  
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; F4U-4B: F4U-4's with four 20mm cannons instead of machine guns.
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; F4U-4E: Night fighter variant with the APS-4 search radar on the right wingtip. It had four 20 mm cannons instead of machine guns.
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; F4U-4N: Night fighter variant with the APS-6 search radar on the right wingtip. It had four 20 mm cannons instead of machine guns.
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; F4U-4K: Experimental drone variant.  
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; F4U-4P: Photo reconnaissance variant of the F4U-4.
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; XF4U-5: A variant with a new engine cowling and other improvements.
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; F4U-5: F4U-4 with a more powerful Pratt and Whitney R-2800-32(E) engine. Other improvements included all-metal wings, a modernized cockpit, and a fully retractable tail wheel.
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; F4U-5N: A variant of the F4U-5 with a radar.
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; F4U-5NL: F4U-5N's equipped with rubber de-icing boots on the leading wing edge and leading tail edge. Made for cold temperatures of winter.
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; F4U-5P: Long-range photo-reconnaissance variant of the F4U-5.
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; F4U-6: A variant made for the Marine Corps with extra armour and oil coolers. It was designed for ground attack.
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; AU-1: Later redesignation of the F4U-6.
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; F4U-7: AU-1 in French service.
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; FG-1E: A Goodyear FG-1 with radar equipment.
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; FG-1K: Drone variant of the Goodyear FG-1.
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; FG-3: Turbo supercharged variant of the FG-1D.  
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; FG-4: Goodyear produced F4U-4. It was never delivered.  
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; F2G-1: Goodyear modified F4U-1 with a Pratt and Whitney R-4360, Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder radial engine. It had manual-folding wings. Never entered service.  
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; F2G-2: F2G-1 with hydraulically folding wings and a tailhook for carrier landings. Never entered service.
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== Specifications ==
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== Operators ==
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'''Argentina'''[[File:F4U Corsair Operators (2).png|thumb|548x548px|F4U Corsair Operators]]
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Argentine Navy operated 26 F4U-5/5N/5NL Corsairs from 1956 to 1968
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'''Brazil'''
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Brazilian Navy operated 30 F4U-1D from 1950 to 1976
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'''Canada'''
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Royal Canadian Navy operated 130 F4U-1D from 1948 to 1960
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'''Chile'''
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Chilean Navy operated 30 F4U-1D and 20 F4U-4 from 1953 to 1978
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'''El Salvador'''
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Air Force of El Salvador operated 25 F4U/FG-1D from 1957 to 1976
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'''France'''
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French Navy operated 69 AU-1 and 94 F4U-7 from 1954 to 1964
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'''Honduras'''
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Honduran Air Force operated 19 from 1956 to 1979
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'''Netherlands'''
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Royal Netherlands Navy operated 35 F4U-1D from 1943 to 1956
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'''New Zealand'''
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Royal New Zealand Air Force operated 368 F4U-1 and 60 FG-1D from 1944 to 1949
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'''United Kingdom'''
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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm operated 2,012 Corsairs of all types during World War 2, including 95 Corsair I (F4U-1), 510 Corsair II (F4U-1A), 430 Corsair III (F3A-1D), and 977 Corsair IV (FG-1D)
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'''United States'''
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United States Navy and Marine Corps operated Corsairs of all production variants from 1942 to 1953

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Development

Origin

In 1938 the Navy wanted to find a design for a carrier-based fighter with more performance than the Brewster F2A and Grumman F4F. The design contract was given to Vought, based on their proposal, which featured a plane dependent on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine. The design included an inverted gull wing shape. This was necessary because the engine required a large propeller, which needed a large ground clearance. This would require very long landing gear, except the inverted gull wing shape allowed shorter landing gear, while maintaining the necessary ground clearance. The prototype, named XF4U-1 was armed with 4 machine guns, two .50 caliber machine guns in the wings and 2 .30 caliber machine guns on the engine cowling. The XF4U-1 first flew on May 29, 1940, and became the first single engine plane to fly over 400 mph. Before Vought was allowed to produce the plane though, they had to increase its armament, as it was deemed insufficient based on data from Europe. Its armament was changed to six .50 machine guns, and it was ordered into production. A self-sealing fuel tank in the fuselage above the wings caused the cockpit to be moved aft as well. The Navy ordered 584 F4U-1's on April 2, 1941.

Design

Powerplant

Fuselage

Wings and Landing Gear

Technical Issues

Design Modifications

Performance

Service

World War 2

United States

Marine Corps
US Navy

Royal Navy

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Captured Corsairs

Korean War

United States

French Navy

Salvadoran Air Force and Honduran Air Force

Variants

F4U-1 (Corsair Mk I)
First production version of the Corsair.
F4U-1A (Corsair Mk II)
Had a simplified canopy, along with other minor improvements that allowed for easier carrier landings.
F3A-1 (Corsair Mk III)
F4U-1 license-built by Brewster. Poor quality caused the contract to be terminated by the Navy.
F3A-1D (Corsair Mk III)
F4U-1A license-built by Brewster. Poor quality caused the contract to be terminated by the Navy.
FG-1A (Corsair Mk IV)
F4U-1 license-built by Goodyear.
FG-1D (Corsair Mk IV)
F4U-1A license-built by Goodyear.
F4U-1B
Post-war designation (unofficial) for F4U-1's modified for Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) service.
F4U-1C
An F4U-1D with four 20 mm cannons replacing the six .50 calibre machine guns.
F4U-1D (Corsair Mk II)
Had a new R-2800-8W engine, which was more powerful, allowing for more payload and performance.
F4U-1P
Photo reconnaissance variant.
XF4U-2
Night fighter variant with two auxiliary fuel tanks.
F4U-2
Experimental night fighter based on the F4U-1. The outer right machine gun was removed, so it had a total of five. An airborne intercept (AI) radar was equipped on the outer starboard wing.
XF4U-3
A variant designed for the testing of different engines in the F4U airframe.
FG-3
XF4U-3 license-built by Goodyear.
XF4U-3B
XF4U-3 with slight modifications, built for the FAA.
XF4U-4
A variant with a new engine and cowling.
F4U-4
Variant with a new 2100 hp dual-stage-supercharged 18-W engine, a four-bladed propeller, and other minor improvements.
F4U-4B
F4U-4's with four 20mm cannons instead of machine guns.
F4U-4E
Night fighter variant with the APS-4 search radar on the right wingtip. It had four 20 mm cannons instead of machine guns.
F4U-4N
Night fighter variant with the APS-6 search radar on the right wingtip. It had four 20 mm cannons instead of machine guns.
F4U-4K
Experimental drone variant.
F4U-4P
Photo reconnaissance variant of the F4U-4.
XF4U-5
A variant with a new engine cowling and other improvements.
F4U-5
F4U-4 with a more powerful Pratt and Whitney R-2800-32(E) engine. Other improvements included all-metal wings, a modernized cockpit, and a fully retractable tail wheel.
F4U-5N
A variant of the F4U-5 with a radar.
F4U-5NL
F4U-5N's equipped with rubber de-icing boots on the leading wing edge and leading tail edge. Made for cold temperatures of winter.
F4U-5P
Long-range photo-reconnaissance variant of the F4U-5.
F4U-6
A variant made for the Marine Corps with extra armour and oil coolers. It was designed for ground attack.
AU-1
Later redesignation of the F4U-6.
F4U-7
AU-1 in French service.
FG-1E
A Goodyear FG-1 with radar equipment.
FG-1K
Drone variant of the Goodyear FG-1.
FG-3
Turbo supercharged variant of the FG-1D.
FG-4
Goodyear produced F4U-4. It was never delivered.
F2G-1
Goodyear modified F4U-1 with a Pratt and Whitney R-4360, Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder radial engine. It had manual-folding wings. Never entered service.
F2G-2
F2G-1 with hydraulically folding wings and a tailhook for carrier landings. Never entered service.

Specifications

Operators

Argentina
F4U Corsair Operators

Argentine Navy operated 26 F4U-5/5N/5NL Corsairs from 1956 to 1968

Brazil

Brazilian Navy operated 30 F4U-1D from 1950 to 1976

Canada

Royal Canadian Navy operated 130 F4U-1D from 1948 to 1960

Chile

Chilean Navy operated 30 F4U-1D and 20 F4U-4 from 1953 to 1978

El Salvador

Air Force of El Salvador operated 25 F4U/FG-1D from 1957 to 1976

France

French Navy operated 69 AU-1 and 94 F4U-7 from 1954 to 1964

Honduras

Honduran Air Force operated 19 from 1956 to 1979

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Navy operated 35 F4U-1D from 1943 to 1956

New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force operated 368 F4U-1 and 60 FG-1D from 1944 to 1949

United Kingdom

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm operated 2,012 Corsairs of all types during World War 2, including 95 Corsair I (F4U-1), 510 Corsair II (F4U-1A), 430 Corsair III (F3A-1D), and 977 Corsair IV (FG-1D)

United States

United States Navy and Marine Corps operated Corsairs of all production variants from 1942 to 1953

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