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[Rafe35]

Don't forget Lt. Gray, while not an ace, a distinguished Corsair pilot. He was Canadian and recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions on an attack against shipping in Onagawa Wan (sp?). He led his squadron in through heavy AA. He picked out the Amakusa, as he bore down on it the Amakusa, Ohama, a Minesweeper, and a Subchaser fired at him. His Corsair caught fire and one bomb was shot off of it, he continued his attack and dropped his remaining bomb. It penetrated the Amakusa below the No 2 gun, exploded inside the ship and it quickly rolled over and sank. As Lt Gray flew away from the Amakusa after dropping his bomb, his Corsair burst into flames and his aircraft crashed into the ocean.
While his final flight was in 115*X, I recall reading that 119*X was his normal mount, but it had a problem that morning so he switched to 115*X.
http://www.navalmuseum.ab.ca/gray.html

In addition to Lt Gray and Sub Lt Sheppard, who were Canadians that flew Corsairs with the FAA, while looking for more details on Lt Gray's mission, I also found that the last Canadian to die in WWII, Lt G.A. Anderon, also flew Corsairs. On approach after a second strike on Onagawa Bay several hours after Lt. Gray went down, Lt Anderson's engine faltered and the plane hit the rounddown and he died in the collision.

Rafe's link is also a great site for info about FAA Corsairs.

Hmm I forgot about that and British are pretty good to fly their Corsair as American do.

[Archer]

Kiwi's too. The Kiwi's were mopping up the islands bypassed by the Yanks in the Solomons and the area around their until the war's end. The were about to move over to the CBI theater I think when the war ended. I think the Kiwi's were probably more forgotten than the FAA.

[Rafe35]

Kiwi's too. The Kiwi's were mopping up the islands bypassed by the Yanks in the Solomons and the area around their until the war's end. The were about to move over to the CBI theater I think when the war ended. I think the Kiwi's were probably more forgotten than the FAA.

RNZAF right? They were pretty forgotten and many people dont know what Kiwi is which it seem feel pretty bad that they have fought against Japanese in WWII as FAA and USA did. They flow many aircraft such as P-40 Warhawk, F4F-4 Wildcat, Seafire and other nation aircraft.

[Archer]

RNZAF is correct.

I have the Vought history site in my favourites, the most useful ones for Corsairs are http://www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/mono.html for some pics and info and http://www.vought.com/heritage/photo/html/pmono.html for just pics. I had found another one probably about a year ago, it was simple (ie 10 pics or so per page, white BG, and a simple table with pics and captions) that had many of the pics from the above sights, but some were larger (1024*768 and bigger). I think it was the Vought site, but I'm not certain. If it was its unfortunate that the Vought site only has smaller pics now.

[bronzewhaler82]

It doesn't matter who BUILT the damn engines - the point is they were BRITISH and even IF you put aside the engine argument the planes we mentioned still relied on British intervention to become the best fighters - it really is as simple as that

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yup

[Rafe35]

RNZAF is correct.

I have the Vought history site in my favourites, the most useful ones for Corsairs are http://www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/mono.html for some pics and info and http://www.vought.com/heritage/photo/html/pmono.html for just pics. I had found another one probably about a year ago, it was simple (ie 10 pics or so per page, white BG, and a simple table with pics and captions) that had many of the pics from the above sights, but some were larger (1024*768 and bigger). I think it was the Vought site, but I'm not certain. If it was its unfortunate that the Vought site only has smaller pics now.

Yeah, I always go Vought website where my friend told me that they Corsair picture which I was looking for it long time and now I found it. They show alot Prototype Corsair picture that i never see before, but too bad that I cannot find Goodyear or Brewster prototype corsair.

[itznogood]

Very nice plane

[itznogood]

And one more

[cheddar cheese]

cool

[Rafe35]

What Itznogood post that F2G-2 Super Corsair:

B.U. #88463: Race No. 74: Civil Race No. "NX5577N"
Cook purchased this F2G-2 on 2-05-47 for $1,250. It was flown by Cook and by his friend Richard Becker. #74 was sold to Walter Soplata, of Newberry, Ohio. This F2G was acquired by the Crawford Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Bob Odergaard of Kindred, N.D. is restoring the a./c. to static condition.

and Itznogood again post that Brewster F3A-1D Corsair:

Brewster only make 735 F3A-1s(F4U-1) Model and the business was not so well, so they went out of business after production of F3As. Probably why they went went out of business because so many problem on F2A Buffloes and F3A Corsair. Many US Navy and US Marines Corps really hate F2A Buffloes because they were so crude and had so many problems like engine, etc.

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yeah, the corsair was very good looking..................

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And so is this (Yes I know I've Posted this Picture here 3 times today )



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