F4U Corsair Photographs | World War II Database

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F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill off Okinawa, 6 May 1945	Essex underway at sea during the Okinawa Campaign, 20 May 1945; note the F4U and F6F aircraft on the flight deck

A Corsair fighter ripple firing its HVAR rockets at Japanese positions at Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945	Armorers loading FFAR rockets under the wing of a F4U Corsair fighter, Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945. Note the sandy mud splatters on the underside of the plane.

Corsair fighter taking off from HMS Illustrious, off Japan, 1945	Damaged F4U-1D Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-314, Ie Shima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 1945

US Marine Corps pilot First Lieutenant Williams L. Hood on a US Navy F4U Corsair fighter, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.

USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.	FG-1D Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 in flight over Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jun 1945

F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-422 at Ie Shima Airfield, Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, 1945. Note the nose art on both the plane and the belly tank.	Ground crewmen arming an FG-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 312, the “Checkerboarders,” at Kadena airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945

F4U Corsairs of Fighting Squadron VBF-86 flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class), Aug 1945	FG-1D Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VBF-88 in an elevator aboard USS Yorktown, Aug 1945

FG-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-213 assigned to Escort Carrier USS Saidor flying a training flight in Hawaii, 1945	USMC LTs Don Wilson & Gene Youngs of VMF-122 run up their F4U-1D Corsairs prior to receiving an arriving dignitary on Peleliu, Western Caroline Islands, Pacific, Aug 1945.

From the radio operator’s position in a USMC PBJ Mitchell, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada looks for landmarks to find the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters complex, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines	Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada using the intercom aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber to relay instructions to his interpreter about the location of the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters, Aug 9, 1945

American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 1 of 3	American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 2 of 3