Click to open image viewer. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft's distinctive inverted gull-wing design allowed ground ...
The Corsair was supposed to be the Navy’s answer to the Zero. It was fast, heavily armed, rugged, and powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, one of the most powerful aircraft engines of ...