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Known for it's distinctive bent wings, the F4U-1 Corsair was one of the most formidible fighters of World War II. Flown by the US Marines and Naval squadrons, the Corsair racked up an incredible 11:1 kill ratio. The Corsair was used extensively in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Our print depicts the Corsair flown by Lt. Cdr. Roger Hedrick in the markings of naval squadron VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers" taking off from a pacific island base.This is the original version of "Corsair Takeoff" which was picked up by the client. It features the runway.
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You bet, Mark!
Now I'm going to have to go find that show on DVD...
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Another favorite airplane! One of the first models I ever glued together as a young lad. Other than visually liking the bent wings I seem to remember my Dad (who was on a destroyer escort with a carrier) saying it was a very popular aircraft with the Navy guys - even among the non-fliers, they knew what was hot and what was not. The guys on the smaller ships liked to see a Corsair squadron taking off and returning to 'their' carrier. Probably gave their confidence a real boost. Beautiful artwork!
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One pilot I know said all the guys loved the Corsair. Even the F-6 jockeys wanted to get their hands on it. He also told me the stuff they print nowdays about the Corsair not initially being used aboard the carriers because it was unsuitable is a bunch of hooey. The main reason was to not introduce yet another aircraft and its associated support maintenance, parts and equipment to the limited space of the carriers. The Vf-17 guys all went through carrier training and the airplane performed flawlessly.
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I'll take a look at my Dad's Navy story, he said some of the carriers his ship escorted had Corsairs. They escorted both fleet and escort carriers and the Corsair eventually flew from the escort carriers too. He named the carriers his ship had protected but I can't remember them offhand.
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I have always have had a fascination with WWII planes and stories.
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Beautifully done! I love those later war high powered prop jobs!
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A very good rendition indeed of what the Japanese learned to call, 'Whispering Death.' Had a good Korean war, too.
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Thank you very much. The Corsair was such a great performer it was used into the 1950s in front line service.
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I guess it lasted longer because there were so many of them--for sheer terror, it's hard to beat the Grumman Bearcat, last of the terrible piston-engined felines.
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Great job! I like this piece a lot because it reminds me that I read the book for the Jolly Rogers (Bantam paperback) before I read the one about the Black Sheep. I liked the former better!
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Thank you very much. Yeah, the Black Sheep got more press but the VF-17 was a real crack unit. I also know one of the last surviving VF-17 pilots so I am naturally biased towards them.
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Wow... I'm sure its somethin else to hear his stories!
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Well he won't tell me what it was like to fly the Corsair. He says the only way to know is to do it. He says getting old sucks. He says he was scared most of the time in combat as was everyone else. He says aerial combat was very fast and hectic in WWII.
Once when he landed after a mission a bunch of the guys came running up yelling "How many did ya get?" he said he didn't see anyone. They said "Well somebody sure saw you!" The back half of his plane was all shot up. He said he got physically sick right then and there.
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Wow. Yeah, I can imagine.
The only thing I know for sure about the Corsair in combat was that it could out-turn a Zero, the only allied plane that could.
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There was a fuel tank forward of the cockpit in the Corsair and the white was sealant tape to keep the access panel from leaking and throwing fuel back onto the windscreen in flight and obstructing the pilots view. Very nice work btw.
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You might be able to answer this lingering question I've always had about the F4U - what are the white lines in front of the canopy? I thought it might be a midair refueling hatch, but I doubt they had that in WWII.
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I believe it was tape over the panel lines of the maintenance hatch forward of the canopy.
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