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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: 1K3 on August 17, 2004, 07:04:22 PM
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Did F4U-4s get a chance to enter carrier service or they are just stuck at US Navy shores in late WWII?
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F4U-4 enter for US Marines and US Navy, so make it Land and Sea
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Originally posted by 1K3
Did F4U-4s get a chance to enter carrier service or they are just stuck at US Navy shores in late WWII?
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Only reference I could find was to Marine Ace, Captain Ken Walsh scoring his last kill in an F4U4 over Okinawa in June of 45 while with VMF-222.
Dan/Slack
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All I know that Captain Kenneth A. Walsh was fly F4U-4 BuNo 80879 and his 21st kill was on June 25. 1945, he shot down a kamikaze over northern Okinawa whilst serving with VMF-222.
Some US Navy pilots like Lcdr. Tommy Blackburn, also flow an F4U-4 and he was first to landing on USS Midway Carrier with his F4U-4.
Also, Major Gregory Boyington flow F4U-4, but he discharge later.
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Delivered to the USN in Nov 44 and saw action for the 1st time (CV based) in April 1945 off Okinawa. They saw action from CVs from April 45-August 45, from Okinawa to the Home Islands.
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The real question is did the F4U-4C get in combat in WW2.
(http://www.vought.com/heritage/photo/assets/images/db_images/db_0429_020.jpg)
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Originally posted by F4UDOA
The real question is did the F4U-4C get in combat in WW2.
(http://www.vought.com/heritage/photo/assets/images/db_images/db_0429_020.jpg)
The real question is does it MATTER if the F4U-4C made it into combat, because I'll buy HiTech's GPS if he'll bring one in the game :D
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Originally posted by F4UDOA
The real question is did the F4U-4C get in combat in WW2.
(http://www.vought.com/heritage/photo/assets/images/db_images/db_0429_020.jpg)
I was thinking that F4U-4B did see the combat in WW2, but wasn't too sure and also wasn't too sure about F4U-4C see the combat in WW2 also.
Total Built: 297 ( F4U-4B + F4U-4C )
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If the F4U-4B anc C ever get modeled in AH (and I doubt they ever will), I believe they will quickly become the most widely used perk ride in the game.
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Originally posted by Red Tail 444
If the F4U-4B anc C ever get modeled in AH (and I doubt they ever will), I believe they will quickly become the most widely used perk ride in the game.
Oh yeah....that would replace F4U-4 Perk and F4U-4 probably will be a free ride! :D
I notice that F4U-4B can carry Tiny Tim rockets, which it more powerful than HVAR one and it could be widely again used perk ride in the game like Red Tail said.
Then again, I have been searching about F4U-4B and what it said: This Machine did not take part in WWII, but it was used with success in the Korean Conflict. That probably same for F4U-4C also.
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is it the F4U-4 that shot down a MiG-15 in Korea?
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Originally posted by 1K3
is it the F4U-4 that shot down a MiG-15 in Korea?
Yep! VMFA-312 F4U-4 shot down a MiG-15, but was damage by another MiG-15 and lthe pilot(Capt. Jess G. Folmar) had to bailed out, because too risky to ditching his F4U-4.
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Scuse the newb, but what's so awesome / different about the F4u4b/c?
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the F4u4C is a F4u4 with Chog Guns.
B i dont know
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Scuse the newb, but what's so awesome / different about the F4u4b/c?
Vought F4U-4B
4 x 20mm - Mounted in each wings - 964 rounds of ammo
2 x 1000Ibs Bomb
8 x 5 in HVAR Rockets
8 x 11.5 in Tiny Tim Rockets on wing root pylons
Vought F4U-4C
4 x 20mm - Mounted in each wings - 964 rounds of ammo
2 x 1000Ibs Bomb
8 x 5 in HVAR ROckets
8 x 11.5 in Tiny Tim Rockets on wings root pylons
They are same specifications as F4U-4, but unlike F4U-4, Both B and C carry cannon and tiny tim rockets.
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F4U4B did not see service in WW2. IIRC Hitech did model the 4B in Warbrids until this info came out.
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Eight Tiny Tims :eek: !? Are you sure ? Any evidence ?
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A few items.
1. I am sure that two Tiny tims was the limit.
2. All F4U-4's built were built and delivered in 1944 or 1945 at the latest including all F4U-4B/C's. The only question is did they see combat.
3. The F4U-4B/C had the M3 20mil like the Tempest. Even more powerful than the C-Hog.
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Originally posted by VooDoo
Eight Tiny Tims :eek: !? Are you sure ? Any evidence ?
I ain't too sure about that, I just found it at some F4U Data site and I was pretty sure that they can carry 3 Tiny Tim Rockets.
http://www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/f4u-4spec.html
And F4UDOA, Since I been researching about F4U-4B and there is no confirmed that they have see WWII, I ain't kidding and many people said that just only F4U-4.
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Americas 100,000's lists only 9 kills for all F4U-4's for the war, and that they only saw action from Airfields at(On) Okinawa at the very end of the Battle for Okinawa.