Author Topic: F4U series service dates. (Read 460 times)

1K3 · « **on:** July 18, 2007, 12:39:32 AM »

Does anyone know the dates when F4U-1, F4U-1A, F4U-1D, F4U-1C and F4U-4 entered service?

OOZ662 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2007, 03:24:09 AM »

Yet again, take with salt as it's WikiPedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U_Corsair

1K3 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:24:20 AM »

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Originally posted by OOZ662
Yet again, take with salt as it's WikiPedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U_Corsair

Already looked, still hazy.

Saxman · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2007, 07:25:29 AM »

F4U-1 first saw combat February 1943
F4U-1A is a little hazier, as the designation was retroactively applied, however they first appeared in combat in late 1943
F4U-1D/C and F4U-4 were 1945

HoseNose · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2007, 07:26:13 PM »

Did the water injected F4U-1A appear only in 1944? Not necessarily OUR Tom Blackburn Hog, but the actual water-injection hog itself.

Saxman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2007, 08:22:33 PM »

Water injection was late 1943 (water injection is one of the key divisions between the historical 1 and 1A. Technically, even our birdcage Hog is a 1A).

1K3 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 19, 2007, 02:20:48 AM »

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Originally posted by Saxman
Water injection was late 1943 (water injection is one of the key divisions between the historical 1 and 1A. Technically, even our birdcage Hog is a 1A).

I thought HTC deleted water injection for birdcage F4U-1. Why do we still have wep for buirdcage F4U-1?

What would be F4U-1's top speed without water injection (WEP)?

Avenger1 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2007, 02:29:37 PM »

385 to 395mph I'm guessing.

1K3 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2007, 07:38:21 PM »

I'm crying foul. We don't have a "real F4U-1" birdcage for late 1942 - early 1943 range.