FAMOUS AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD No 3 F4U CORSAIR

The history of the distinctive and powerful 'Bent-Wing Bird' - inverted gull wing, carrier-capable fighter - concise overview of the aircraft's origins, service life, variants, colours and markings and highlights with the US Navy, US Marines and many foreign air services (including Britain, France, New Zealand, Argentina, El Salvador and Honduras). Spans WWII, Korea, the Suez and even the 'Soccer War'. Illustrated with 34 b/w archival and four colour photos; 112 all-around colour detail photos revealing cockpit, engine, wing fold, undercarriage and exterior surfaces (featuring museum aircraft FG1-D BuNo 14862, F4U-1A BuNo 17799, F4U-1A BuNo 97349, FG-1D BuNo 88297 and F2G-1 BuNo 88454); 102 colour profiles; twelve colour plan views and seven pages of 1/72 scale drawings clearly showing the defining characteristics of each production variant.