Data card has no specific dates or location.Īt Quonset Point, RI, for 0 & R and M & S. Santa Ana had been home to ZP-31 during WWII.īu 97388 assigned to aircraft pool at NAS San Diego, CA.īu 97388 assigned to VMF-225 (Marine Fighter Squadron 225), possibly Cherry Point, NC.Īssignment to VMF-212 with tail code “LD”. Santa Ana was decommissioned on 6 June 1949. Also based at Tillamook was ZP-33, Airship Patrol Squadron Three.īu 97388 assigned to storage at NAS Santa Ana, CA, former blimp base and USN surplus aircraft storage facility. Note: HEDRON 3 = Blimp Headquarters Squadron Three. The field was decommissioned on 1 July 1948. By 1947, 433 aircraft were stored at Tillamook. Production of standard F4U-4 ended April 1946, with F4U-4B with 20 mm cannon, F4U-4N night fighter, and F4U-4P photo recon complete by August 1947.īu 97388 assigned to storage at NAS Tillamook, Oregon, former blimp base for HEDRON 3, and storage facility for surplus FM-2s. By the end of August 1945, 1859 had been delivered. 50 cal machine guns and underwing stubs for rockets. Produced with P & W R-2800-ISW radial, with six.

History of this Aircraft: Military Historyĭelivered from Vought’s Stratford, CT, plant in block Bu 96752 to Bu 97531, one of 2351 F4U-4 built, including blocks Bu 62915/63071 Bu 80764/82177 Bu 96752/97531 a further 3743 cancel|ed, including planned manufacture by Goodyear at Akron, OH. It was also license built by Goodyear and Brewster. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought (now the Vought Aircraft Division of Triumph Aerostructures ), she made. for engaging in combat against enemy warplanes. The Corsair was a fighter plane used primarily in World War II and the Korean War by the Navy and Marine Corps designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought. Unlike her Vietnam War-era sequel (so to speak), the original Corsair was built from the get-go to be a true fighter plane, i.e.

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