Incase you did not know at about 1:53 that is Kenneth A. Walsh's aircraft number 13. He is one of the highest scoring Marine Corp Aces in World War II. He scored 21 confirmed kills
Gregory Boyington said he rigged rubber bands from the side of cockpit to the control stick to keep the Corsair level while he napped on the way to target. If he felt the plane leave level flight he would merely flick one of the rubber bands to return it to level flight. This from his book "Baa, Baa Black Sheep". And yes, I know his shaky rep for truthfulness. Penumbra's comments would seem to confirm this, though.
@ripdaddyinthehouse He also said at the end of that book (If I am not mistaken) "Show me a hero, and I will show you a liar!", or something to that effect. Maybe he was telling on himself :-) Still a great book though!
My father absolutely loved the F4U. I'm not sure when he started flying them, but he mentioned that when he was flying CAP over the Lexington he would get his bird up to altitude and trimmed up he would fly lazy eights by leaning from one side the the cockpit to the other.
I was responding to American use. You are right about the British.
Author109 2 months ago
A long time ago.
kolbpilot 2 months ago
The Corsair only operated in the Pacific.
Author109 2 months ago
@Author109
They also saw action in Europe. British Corsairs operating from HMS Formidable.
Escorting for instance bombers that attacked Tirpiz in Norway.
One was captured by the Luftwaffe.
Myanleader 2 months ago
Was the Corair ever deployed in the European theater or was it strictly in the Pacific?
55chh 2 months ago
nice vid
jandean61 2 months ago
Thanks for the additional info about Walsh.
Author109 2 months ago
I forgot to mention he was also awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
AmericanPatriot957 2 months ago
Incase you did not know at about 1:53 that is Kenneth A. Walsh's aircraft number 13. He is one of the highest scoring Marine Corp Aces in World War II. He scored 21 confirmed kills
AmericanPatriot957 2 months ago
My father flew Stearmans to F4 Phantoms in the Marines. The F4U was his favorite.
5000loto 5 months ago
Some real, real nice footage.
2020skip 5 months ago
Awesome and thank god the uploader did not use a fake projector reel noise
MrSommeGuy 5 months ago
Gregory Boyington said he rigged rubber bands from the side of cockpit to the control stick to keep the Corsair level while he napped on the way to target. If he felt the plane leave level flight he would merely flick one of the rubber bands to return it to level flight. This from his book "Baa, Baa Black Sheep". And yes, I know his shaky rep for truthfulness. Penumbra's comments would seem to confirm this, though.
ripdaddyinthehouse 6 months ago
@ripdaddyinthehouse
I had read something of the sort to, but I believe it was in the book "The Airman's War" or another book similar to it.
xxREDLEADER1xx 4 months ago
@ripdaddyinthehouse He also said at the end of that book (If I am not mistaken) "Show me a hero, and I will show you a liar!", or something to that effect. Maybe he was telling on himself :-) Still a great book though!
vetitoe362 4 months ago
My father absolutely loved the F4U. I'm not sure when he started flying them, but he mentioned that when he was flying CAP over the Lexington he would get his bird up to altitude and trimmed up he would fly lazy eights by leaning from one side the the cockpit to the other.
penumbra155 6 months ago
This is VMF-124 on Guadalcanal during the F4U-1 first deployment on Feb 1943.
bobtonja 2 years ago
wow i cant beleive i fell for this
abatch24 3 years ago
Awesome. I love seeing the original footage!
bobtonja 3 years ago
South Pacific, possibly Guadacanal, Solomon Islands 1943ish, tower in the back is same as the one at Henderson Field
Thanks,
it brought back many fond memories
bearingbeater 3 years ago
the pilot on the end of the clip isnd
chales lindbergh? all in all a graet projekt.
stoel83 4 years ago