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To: headstamp 2

I believe most all the Marine F4U’s in WWII were land based but carrier capable but not absolutely sure.


27 posted on 01/24/2009 10:17:56 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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I believe most all the Marine F4U’s in WWII were land based but carrier capable but not absolutely sure. The F6 HellCat was designed for carriers right from the start and was another great Zero killer in WWII.
70 posted on 01/24/2009 1:09:40 PM PST by calex59
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I believe most all the Marine F4U’s in WWII were land based but carrier capable but not absolutely sure.

Not exactly correct. Some Marine Units were carrier based in 1944. The US didn't think you could fly Corsairs off of the carriers so gave a bunch of them to the British. The British learned how to over come the carrier problems and flew them off carriers for 6 months before the US did. All of the Corsairs up till that time were Marine land based. After that some Marines had them on Carriers. The trick was to fly the Corsairs in a wide circle when landing on a carrier so the pilot could see to land. They would straighten up at the last second of so before touching down.

The F6 HellCat was designed for carriers right from the start and was another great Zero killer in WWII.

72 posted on 01/24/2009 1:10:44 PM PST by calex59
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