Span: 16.5"

Length: 13.25"

The gull-winged F4U-4 Corsair was one of the finest fighter-bomber aircraft produced during WW II. It stood at the summit of piston-engine fighter technology and development, and it was a formidable weapon from the closing months of WW II through the Korean Conflict (1951-53). Though the first F4U-4s only reached front-line units in early 1944, they compiled an impressive combat record against Japanese air, land, and sea forces. In Korea, the Corsair was outclassed as a fighter (though it shot down at least one Chinese MiG-15 jet fighter), and it was used mostly as a ground-attack fighter/bomber. Its speed and ruggedness, and its huge bomb load capacity (rivaled only by late-model P-47s) made it very effective in the ground-attack role.