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List of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs

List of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs

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This list of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs by country location includes information about the aircraft, including model number, bureau number, fuselage markings, location within the country, and status (airworthy, on display, and in restoration).

FG-1D 92044 coded 648 of the Old Stick & Rudder Company
FG-1D 92050 coded 94 was airworthy, previously with the Wings Over the Rockies Museum, returned to original owner in 2013
FG-1D 92629 coded S-301 of the Palm Springs Museum
F4U-1D 50375 coded 56 at the NASM-Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
F4U-4 97264 coded B 210 of VF-192 owned by Dan Friedkin
F2G-1 88458 coded 57
F4U-4 97369 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps
F4U-5N 124692 coded NP 5 of the Collings Foundation
F4U-4 97142 coded WR 18 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation
F4U-4 97388 coded C 310 at the Fargo Air Museum
F4U 122189 coded WF-15 of the Flying Leathernecks Museum
F4U 124541 coded 14.F.6 of Les Ailes de l'Aero
FG-1D 67089 coded 555 and named Sky Boss at the American Heritage Museum
FG-1D Olympic Flight Museum 2014
F4U-4 97143 'Korean War Hero'
FG-1D 88090 ex-RNZAF 5612

F4U-4 at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida

Argentina

On display
F4U-5
  • 121928 – Museo de Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca NAS.[1]

Australia

Airworthy
F4U-1D
  • 82640 – Chance Vought-built in 1944, served on USS Intrepid. Completed its first post-restoration flight on February 28, 2022, after a lengthy restoration.[2]


F4U-5
  • 124493/VH-III – owned by Graham Hosking.[3]
Under restoration
F4U-1



Austria

F4U-4 Corsair 96995 sponsored by Red Bull
Airworthy
F4U-4

Brazil

On display
F4U-1A

Canada

Airworthy
FG-1
  • 92106 – Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, Québec. It was one of eight Corsairs to appear in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).[7] It appeared in all 35 episodes (now in the colours of Robert Hampton Gray (KD658)). On 3 July 2019 the plane was damaged when it left the runway while landing at Gatineau Airport. The pilot, John Aitken, a veteran RCAF fighter pilot, was hospitalized with a broken rib and nose. Paul Tremblay, the chief mechanic at Vintage Wings of Canada was optimistic about the condition of the plane and stated "we’ll definitely be able to get it going again".[8] The aircraft is currently offered for sale on consignment by Platinum Fighter Sales in a damaged state as of Oct 31st, 2022. [9]

France

Airworthy
F4U-5

Honduras

Under restoration
F4U-5
  • 124715 (FAH-609) – Museo del Aire de Honduras, Tegucigalpa AB.[12][13]

This Vought F4U Corsair with registration FAH-609 Air Force of Honduras, shot down three aircraft: a Cavalier F-51D Mustang and two Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs of the Salvadoran Air Force 17 July 1969, commanding by Captain Fernando Soto Henriquez. This was the last combat between piston engined aircraft.[citation needed]

New Zealand

FG-1D NZ5648
Airworthy
FG-1D
  • 88391/NZ5648/ZK-COR – privately owned by ‘Mike Jones, Auckland.[14]
Under restoration
F4U-1
  • 56429 / NZ5245 project in Auckland

South Korea

On display
F4U-4

United Kingdom

Airworthy
FG-1
On display
FG-1
FG-1D N11Y owned by Gary Heck of Santa Rosa California. Korbel Champagne Corsair flown by Will Whiteside photo by Scott Slocum.

United States

CORSAIR N11Y owned by Gary Heck over the Pacific flown by Will Whiteside Photo by Scott Slocum. Photo ship Beech Baron flown by John Maloney.
Airworthy
F3A-1
F4U-1A
  • 17799 – based at Planes of Fame in Chino, California.[21][22] It saw combat in the Pacific Theater of Operations with the VMF-441 "Blackjacks". One of eight Corsairs to appear in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later renamed Black Sheep Squadron), it debuted in the first episode of season two, "Divine Wind," which aired on December 14, 1977, and appeared in 11 of the season's 13 episodes.
F4U-4
F4U-5N
F4U-5NL
F4U-5P
F4U-7
  • 133710 – privately owned by John O'Connor in Wilmington, Delaware. This aircraft was in service with the French Aéronavale with Flottille 12 in Tunisia in the 1950s. While there are no records to confirm it, it is believed this aircraft saw combat in Algeria and the Suez Crisis. During the 1970s, while under the ownership of John "Shifty" Schafhausen of Spokane, Washington, it was one of eight Corsairs flown in the NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later renamed Black Sheep Squadron). It appeared in all 35 episodes.[43]
  • 133722 – Based at Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.[44][45] It is in the markings of an F4U-4 flown by LTjg Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American Naval Aviator to see combat. He flew with VF-32 off the USS Leyte during the Korean War. Brown was shot down over North Korea during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. His attempted rescue would lead to the Medal of Honor to be awarded to his wingman, Capt. Thomas J. Hudner Jr. Aircraft 133722 was in service with the French Aéronavale with Flottille 12.
FG-1D
On display
F4U-1D
XF4U-4
F4U-4
F4U-4 on display at the National World War II Museum
F4U-5N
F4U-7
  • 133704 – Currently on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.[84] This aircraft was formerly on display at the USS Alabama Museum. It was heavily damaged in Hurricane Katrina. It was taken apart and sent to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in 2008. Over a three-year period, it was restored as an AU-1 in the markings of San Diego Padres long time announcer Jerry Coleman. Coleman flew SBD Dauntless dive bombers during World War II and returned to the Marines to fly the Corsairs in Korea. This aircraft was delivered to the French in May 1953 where it saw service in Algeria and the Suez with the French Aéronavale Flottille 14.
FG-1A
FG-1D
Under restoration
F4U-1
F4U-4
F4U-5N
FG-1D

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