FAA Corsair I Canopies

Catch22 · 06-09-2008, 07:46 PM

Which canopy did the Fleet Air Arm "Birdcage" Corsairs have? There is one with a bulge and one without a bulge, and I'm trhinking they had the bulge as I've seen pictures of them with it, but was also told that they had the non-bulge ones. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

renrich · 06-11-2008, 05:41 PM

There were 95 Corsair Is delivered to the RN starting about mid year 1943. They were roughly equivalent to the F4U1. I have photos of some of them and some seemed to have a slight bulge in the top panel of the "birdcage" canopy(about the size of a crash helmet," and some did not.

Catch22 · 06-12-2008, 11:21 AM

Perfect, thanks!