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| Caption | F4U-5N Corsair nightfighter in flight, late 1940s; seen in Nov 1949 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News ww2dbase | ||||
| Date | 1949 | ||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
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"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944
19 Dec 2015 03:43:12 PM
THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES:
F4U-5N Corsair was a night-fighter variant of this famous fighter. Armed w/4 x 20mm cannons w/231rpg, starboard wing mounted AN/APS-19A
or AN/APS-6 radar.
The F4U-5N could still carry 8 x HVAR rockets, bombs, drop tanks and napalm. Phased out and retired from service by 1956 Post-War operators
were France, Argentina, El Salvador and Honduras. Today there are (57) fifty-four surviving F4U's in the USA...a few have found their way around flying the "Air Show Circuit"