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French Navy Vought F4U-7 Corsairs aboard French carrier La Fayette Operation Mousquetaire 1956/01

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French Navy Vought F4U 7 Corsairs White 652 01

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Corsair assembly line.

The first two images we're taken in Dallas after Vought moved to Texas in 1948. These look to be AU-1 Corsairs. The third shot was indeed taken at the Stratford plant here in CT. link

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Lieutenant John H. Glenn, Jr., USMCR, flying a Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair with VMF-155, 1943. (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum/John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University)

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U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron 871 (VF-871) "Griffins" being prepared for a mission in Korea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9), in 1952.

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A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-4B Corsair of Marine Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214) "Blacksheep" being readied for take-off between August and November 1950 aboard the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) for a strike in Korea.

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Corsair, F4U being refueled on the Tokorina Point Fighter Strip. Where Taken: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division. 1943.

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A U.S. Naval Air Reserve Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron 884 (VF-884) "Bitter Birds" launching from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) off Korea. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 plane guard helicopter of Helicopter Utility Squadron 1 (HU-1) Det. F "Pacific Fleet Angels" is standing by. Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101) aboard the Boxer for a deployment to Korea from 2 March to 21 October 1951.

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Four U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters over Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA) in 1944.

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Vought F4U-1D Corsair of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

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RNZAF Vought F4U-1A Corsair 

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F4U Corsair

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F4U-2 Corsair on CV-11 USS Intrepid deck, 1944