page_title: Vought F4U Corsair
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Vought F4U Corsair / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Corsair FG-1D (Goodyear built, equal to the F4U-1D) from which the rocket launcher stubs and pylons have been taken off, wearing the colours of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). Notice the clipped wing tips, a characteristic of the carrier-based British Corsairs (lower deck height than US carriers); Bureau number&#160;: 88391; Wartime registration&#160;: NZ5648; Current civil registration&#160;: G-BXUL; Owner&#160;: The Old Flying Machine Company (OFMC); Place&#160;: Strasbourg airport, France
context_page_description: The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
  Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.
  The Corsair was designed and operated as a carrier-based aircraft, and entered service in large numbers with the U.S. Navy in late 1944 and early 1945. It quickly became one of the most capable carrier-based fighter-bombers of World War II. Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II and its naval aviators achieved an 11:1 kill ratio. Early problems with carrier landings and logistics led to it being eclipsed as the dominant carrier-based fighter by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsair's first prototype in 1940. Instead, the Corsair's early deployment was to land-based squadrons of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Navy
  Argentine Naval Aviation operated 26 F4U-5/5N/5NL Corsairs from 1956 to 1968 from ARA Independencia
   Canada
  Royal Canadian Navy operated 130 F4U-1D from 1948 to 1960
   Chile
  Chilean Navy operated 30 F4U-1D and 20 F4U-4 from 1953 to 1978
   El Salvador
  Air Force of El Salvador operated 25 F4U/FG-1D from 1957 to 1976
   France
  French Navy operated 69 AU-1 and 94 F4U-7 from 1954 to 1964
  Aeronavale
  French Aéronavale 12.F Flotilla (fr)
  French Aéronavale 14.F Flotilla (fr)
  French Aéronavale 15.F Flotilla (fr)
  French Aéronavale 17.F Flotilla
   Honduras
  Honduran Air Force operated 19 from 1956 to 1979
   Netherlands
  Royal Netherlands Navy operated 35 F4U-1D from 1943 to 1956
   New Zealand
  Royal New Zealand Air Force operated 368 F4U-1 and 60 FG-1D from 1944 to 1949
  No. 14 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 15 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 16 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 17 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 18 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 19 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 20 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 21 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 22 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 23 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 24 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 25 Squadron RNZAF
  No. 26 Squadron RNZAF
   Peru
  Peruvian Navy operated 15 F4U-4 from 1953 to 1970
   United Kingdom
  Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm operated 2,012 Corsairs of all types during World War 2, including 95 Corsair I (F4U-1), 510 Corsair II (F4U-1A), 430 Corsair III (F3A-1D), and 977 Corsair IV (FG-1D)
  Fleet Air Arm
   United States
  United States Navy
  United States Marine Corps
   Uruguay
  National Navy of Uruguay operated 25 F4U-1D from 1954 to 1975
caption: Corsair FG-1D (Goodyear built F4U-1D) in the Royal New Zealand Air Force markings
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