F4U-4 /F4U-1D production numbers

[Red Tail 444]

http://www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/f4uquant.html

I know I am beating a dead horse, but why is the F4U-4 perked so highly again?

Numbers?

performance doesn't give it a steup on any other non-perked ride.

Wartime usage? Was it really the last plane off the line to see significant combat?

Gainsie

[Rafe35]

Originally posted by Red Tail 444
http://www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/f4uquant.html

I know I am beating a dead horse, but why is the F4U-4 perked so highly again?

Numbers?

performance doesn't give it a steup on any other non-perked ride.

Wartime usage? Was it really the last plane off the line to see significant combat?

Gainsie

Yes, Vought F4U-4 Corsair was the last fighter before War was ended soon.  It went into action for the first time with the Marines in April 1945 and there was no lost pilots nor F4U-4 before WWII ended.  

Chance-Vought Aircraft Inc. has added alot new "stuff" and considerably modified cockpit like Bullet-proof windshield for new F4U-4.  Also they use new rocket to attack the Japanese homeland and it was Tiny Tim 11.75-in diameter rocket (again I found out that they use them during summer of 1945 in Okinawa)

[Jester]

Thought the Grumman F8F BEARCAT was the last aircraft.

They were on there way to the Pacific aboard the Light Carrier USS LANGLEY when the war ended.

[Rafe35]

Originally posted by Jester
Thought the Grumman F8F BEARCAT was the last aircraft.

They were on there way to the Pacific aboard the Light Carrier USS LANGLEY when the war ended.

I did thought F8F Beacat was last aircraft, but like this:

Aug. 15, 1945. Navy Lt. Cmdr. T.H. Reidy, commander of VBF 83 and flying a Vought F4U Corsair, records the last confirmed US air-to-air victory of World War II while hostilities are still officially declared, as he shoots down a Nakajima C6N1 Saiun reconnaissance aircraft at 5:40 a.m. local time over Tokyo. Five minutes later, the war officially ends.

So, I thought probably Vought F4U-4 was only last newest aircraft to the action before the WWII ended and F8F didnt get to see any action at all, but they were so close see the action.

[Red Tail 444]

The F4U-4 was the last to see significant action.

My question is this: There were more F4U-4's produced than 1D's...refer to link...

It's not a super performer, in any one area. The la-7 and G-10 are faster, the G10 is a better climber, its armament is not special, neither is it's armor.

Whats the reason it's perked? None of the arguments seem credible given this new information I stumbled upon...perhaps the F4U4B with cannona (924 rounds each) would be a better perk option...