Spec Cast F4U-1 Corsair Navy Airplane Die Cast Bank

The F4L-1 Corsair was one of the greatest combat aircraft of World War II Development of this Navy fighter hegan n 1918 the first prototype flying on May 29, 1940 It was the first US fighter to exceed 400 MPH outperforming American aircraft at that ume F4L-1 of 1942 to the last F4U.6 built year later 12, 571 Corsairs came off the production line. The F4U-1 Corsair has a wingspan of 41' a length of 33' and stands hugh The plane weighs 8,982 pounds empty with a maximum take off weight of 10.500 pounds Entering action in 1943 with land based US Marine squadrons stationed in the Solomon Islands the Cura fts air supremacy in the Pacific theater. Cleared for US Navy carrier operations late in 1944, variants of the F4U-1 were also used by the Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Air Force during the war. The Corsair returned to active duty in 1950, serving throughout the Korean War as a ground-support aircraft