Click to open image viewer. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft's distinctive inverted gull-wing design allowed ground ...
The Vought F4U Corsair was designed to beat the Japanese Zero with speed, firepower, and a massive 2,000-horsepower engine. But its first carrier trials exposed serious flaws: poor forward visibility, ...