The Corsair legend is that it was too mean for the Navy so they gave it to the Marines. Here's the real story. The initial carrier-landing qualifications for the Chance Vought F4U Corsair were a ...

The Vought F4U Corsair was a multi-role aircraft: fighter, ground attacker, and ice cream maker. By late September 1944, the men of U.S. Marine fighter squadron VMF-122 were stuck on Peleliu and ...