Vought F4U Corsair

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carrier-capable aircraft fighter aircraft single-engine aircraft

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.

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Label Occurrences
Vought F4U Corsair canonical 4
F4U Corsair 2

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater
primaryUsers Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → facedOpponents → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Nakajima Ki-84 → opposedAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Kawanishi N1K → designedToCounter → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
Marine Aircraft Group 31 → notableAircraftOperated → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
this entity surface form: F4U Corsair
U.S. Navy carrier air groups → typicalAircraft → Vought F4U Corsair ⓘ
this entity surface form: F4U Corsair