Former US Navy FG-1D 67089 seen here at the Binghamton 2007 Air Show as Skyboss.

In formation with EA-18G 166934

Delivered to the US Navy as 92629 in 1945. To the El Salvador AF as FAS 215 in 1957. Registered as N62290 in 1974 and shipped to the USA in 1975. To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Minnesota-Flying Cloud. in 1983 then to the Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA in 1997. Current on the register in 2025.

Preserved at the Selfridge Military Air Museum from 1979.

"Angel of Okinawa" inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight. Built in 1945, the aircraft was delivered to the USN as BuNo 97286. The F4U-4 was the last Corsair variant to see service in World War II. The armament was similar to the F4U-1D. It was powered by a 2,100 hp P&W R-2800-18W driving a thirteen-foot Hamilton Standard four blade propeller and featured a chin air scoop. This variant had a faster rate of climb and improved service ceiling. Corsairs earned their well-deserved sobriquet in the assault on Okinawa and defending USN's Fifth Fleet against tokko attacks by IJN's Fifth Air Fleet from Kyushu.

Flown back to New Zealand in October 1945 and sold for scrap in March 1948. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

F4U-1 Bu.02270, is one of the world's oldest surviving WW2 F4U Corsairs in existent. It is only one of few remaining airframes which has the early birdcage canopy design. FLown by the USMC in the South Pacific theatre by pilots from VMF-321. On May 5th, 1944 the F4U ended up ditching in a lagoon. Here it lay until recovered in the early 2000's and 25 years later is on the home straight to completion.

Delivered to the US Navy as 17799 in 1942. Withdrawn from use in 1945. To the MGM studios for use as a film prop. Never used and stored. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1970. Registered as N83782 in 1977 and restored to airworthy condition. Current on the register with them in 2025.

Delivered to the United States Navy as BuNo 92095 in 1945. It served until retired to NAS Litchfield Park, AZ., in 1957 and then supplied to the Fuerza Aerea Salvadorenais under the Military Assistance Program and serialed FAS220. It returned to the USA in 1975 as a civil aircraft and initially became N62344 but was re-registered as N67HP in September 1977 and is still current as such at the time of posting.

Former US Navy 92433 was acquired by Frank Tallman / Movieland of the Air Museum in 1959 and registered N3440G. By 1970 the aircraft was displayed at the Flying Tiger Air museum, Paris, TX. After flying in the TV show "Baa Baa Black Sheep" 1976 - 78, the fighter was heavily damaged / destroyed in hangar fire in 1979 at Addison, TX. Parts and data plate were combined with parts from FG-1D BuNo 92471 acquired from Guatemala in 1970. Work to rebuilt the two into one started circa 1990. Assuming the identity of 92433, the aircraft was registered N773RD and flew again in 2000.

A pair of Corsairs pivot and fold their wings in unison during the evening at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Closer is the Goodyear FG-1D, similar to the F4U-1D. It was the ultimate -1 variant that saw many improvements, including the addition of a 160 gal. jettisonable centreline tank and the carrying of two 1,000lb bombs or 154 gal. drop tanks or napalm on stub-wing pylons. To the rear is F4U-4 N713JT, which differs externally by its four-blade propeller and a chin air scoop.

This former USMC Corsair first went to the US civil registry as N5219V in 1959. It was intended for the Honduras AF but was never delivered. After a period of storage in Blythe, CA, the aircraft was transferred to Tucson, AZ, where it was dismantled in 1973 and prepared for shipment to the Korean Aviation/War Museum in Seoul in 1974. Later, it was moved to its current location at Sacheon.

Put into service in the closing stages of WWII, this FG-1D flew primarily with the US Navy Reserve until struck off in 1957. Registered N8050E in 1963, it changed to N766JD in 1969 and joined the National Aviation Museum (as it was then named) in 1977

This F4U was built in 1943 at Vought's plant in Stratford, CT and is a rare example of the early "birdcage" variant. Assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, the aircraft was used to train pilots for carrier landings on the converted paddlewheel steamships USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Like the museum's Vindicator, it is another aircraft that fell into Lake Michigan in June 1943 while attempting a landing on the Wolverine. It was recovered from the lake in 2010 and was restored by the museum over 14 years, only recently being placed on show