Vought F4U Corsair

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The Vought F4U Corsair was a World War II-era American carrier-capable fighter aircraft known for its distinctive inverted gull wings, powerful engine, and exceptional performance in the Pacific Theater.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Vought F4U Corsair canonical 13
F4U Corsair 7
Vought Corsair 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-capable aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftEra World War II era ⓘ
armamentFixed 6× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns ⓘ
armamentOrdnance bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
category World War II fighter aircraft of the United States ⓘ
constructionType all-metal construction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Rex Beisel ⓘ
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
engineConfiguration radial piston engine ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1940-05-29 ⓘ
introducedInYear 1942 ⓘ
landingGearType tailwheel-type retractable landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Vought ⓘ
maximumSpeed_kmh ~720 ⓘ
maximumSpeed_mph ~446 ⓘ
nicknamed Whistling Death ⓘ
notableFeature high speed in a dive ⓘ
long nose affecting forward visibility ⓘ
robust airframe suitable for ground attack ⓘ
notableOperator Argentina ⓘ
France ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
notableUse close air support for ground troops in the Pacific ⓘ
numberBuilt 12500+ ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations Pacific Theater ⓘ
primaryUsers Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
linked to: Fleet Air Arm

Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1953 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1942 ⓘ
propulsionType propeller-driven ⓘ
retiredFromUSServiceYear 1953 ⓘ
sawCombatAfterWWII yes ⓘ
secondaryRole fighter-bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration inverted gull wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero → facedOpponents → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
subject linked to: Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Nakajima Ki-84 → opposedAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Kawanishi N1K → designedToCounter → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Marine Aircraft Group 31 → notableAircraftOperated → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
U.S. Navy carrier air groups → typicalAircraft → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
AN/M2 → usedByAircraft → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
A-7 Corsair II → namedAfter → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Operation Tungsten → usedAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Operation Inmate → aircraftUsed → Vought Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Vought → knownFor → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Vought → product → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Vought → product → Vought SBU Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Whistling Death → refersTo → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Independence-class aircraft carrier → notableAircraftType → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Rex Beisel → notableWork → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Rex Beisel → designed → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Rex Beisel → associatedWith → Vought F4U Corsair program ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Fisher P-75 Eagle → usedComponentsFrom → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Robert Hampton Gray → operatedAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
VFA-41 Black Aces → aircraftOperated → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair
Strike Fighter Squadron 41 → aircraftOperated → F4U Corsair ⓘ
linked to: Vought F4U Corsair