In formation with EA-18G 166934

"Angel of Okinawa" inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight. Built in 1945, the aircraft was delivered to the USN as BuNo 97286. The F4U-4 was the last Corsair variant to see service in World War II. The armament was similar to the F4U-1D. It was powered by a 2,100 hp P&W R-2800-18W driving a thirteen-foot Hamilton Standard four blade propeller and featured a chin air scoop. This variant had a faster rate of climb and improved service ceiling. Corsairs earned their well-deserved sobriquet in the assault on Okinawa and defending USN's Fifth Fleet against tokko attacks by IJN's Fifth Air Fleet from Kyushu.

This former USMC Corsair first went to the US civil registry as N5219V in 1959. It was intended for the Honduras AF but was never delivered. After a period of storage in Blythe, CA, the aircraft was transferred to Tucson, AZ, where it was dismantled in 1973 and prepared for shipment to the Korean Aviation/War Museum in Seoul in 1974. Later, it was moved to its current location at Sacheon.

After its service with the USN ended, this Corsair went to the Honduras Air Force as FAH618. It was active there from 1960 until 1978. In 1979, the aircraft was shipped back to the USA. The rear end was used to restore Corsair 81857. The remainder of the aircraft was restored using the rear end of 97059. From 2006 until 2009, the aircraft was further restored by the USS Midway museum, where it was put on display in November 2009 in VMF-225 markings (this unit deployed their Corsairs to the USS Midway in 1952). Civil registration N86434 was allocated in 2016.

Ex US Navy BuNo97359 and marked as such. After spending many years in the UK in the 80s and early 90s, it was shipped to the USA in 1992. When this picture was taken, it was owned and flown by Vintage Wings of Canada from Gatineau (Que.). It was sold to Florida the year after.

in VF-32 markings

ex-BuNo 97359 Taxiing in from a flight at "Thunder Over Michigan 2011"

owned / piloted by Col. Merle Gustafson, Talllulah, LA.

Registered in 1959 as N3771A and intended for the Honduran AF, but sale fell through. During static restoration in the late 1970s at Mojave, it is reported that the data plate was inadvertently swapped for that of F4U 97349, leading to it being painted as that aircraft. Displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola as such from the mid-1980s. Loaned to Pima by 1997 and now displayed with its correct identity.

New colors for this Corsair reverting to bu 97359 from it's original US Navy service 1946 - circa 1959.

Thought to be Corsairs from VF-64 and onboard the USS Valley Forge during the Korean war and clearly before the age of ear defenders!

This Corsair is being restored to airworthiness at Yanks Air Museum. Visible is the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W radial engine. The F4U-4B variant was equipped with four 20mm cannon.