F4U Corsair (History)
Contents
Development
Design
Service
Variants
- F4U-1 (Corsair Mk I):
- F4U-1A (Corsair Mk II):
- F3A-1 (Corsair Mk III):
- F3A-1D (Corsair Mk III):
- FG-1A (Corsair Mk IV):
- FG-1D (Corsair Mk IV):
- F4U-1B:
- F4U-1C:
- F4U-1D (Corsair Mk II):
- F4U-1P:
- XF4U-2:
- F4U-2:
- XF4U-3:
- XF4U-4:
- F4U-4:
- F4U-4B:
- F4U-4E:
- F4U-4N:
- F4U-4K:
- F4U-4P:
- XF4U-5:
- F4U-5:
- F4U-5N:
- F4U-5NL:
- F4U-5P:
- F4U-6 (AU-1):
- F4U-7:
- FG-1E:
- FG-1K:
- FG-3:
- FG-4:
- F2G-1:
- F2G-2:
Operators
Argentina
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 types from 1942 to 1953