Metrallaroja

Yep

Nice find! There is a lot of mithology about the corsair, like many things with WW2 one can only trust first hand sources instead of the same story copied from one book to the other. After the first year operation with all the modifications made there was no doubt that the corsair was the better carrier aircraft. Let alone in your document dated in 1945.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78206 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79139 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78505 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15594

Also no oval reflector with the whole squadron reunited

Nice catch, maybe it was up to pilot choice. Same squadron, probably taken moments after/before of that one but different plane and this one has no oval reflector:

http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/f4u/f4u-1-50030-final.pdf

It would be interesting to know the history behind this plane/cockpit since it did quite a travel. How did it end with that gunsight? Maybe the answer is that in 1948 the cockpit was transferred to the goodyear museum where it served with an educational purpose and maybe was modified? Would be nice to have photographs from 76671 before 1948. February 1948 – Cockpit section transferred to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Museum, Akron, Ohio. https://mapsairmuseum.org/goodyear-fg-1d-corsair/

Yes! ''The Hellcat will not exist in a vacuum though, and Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) opponent aircraft are already in development,''

And the original Lucky Gallon just got a spar: https://www.facebook.com/vulturesrowaviation/posts/860544526071582 Hopefully we see both of them fly soon! Thanks to the whole team working on the corsair that makes this possible

Yes, not that unique but ''modern'' R-2800s used in restorations only have the single stage sc and do not produce this sound. That is what I was trying to refer to There is also a F4U-5 that still runs the original engine and what a sound! This engine is a bit more special, the second stage consists of a variable speed mirror sc:

Btw, Vultures Row Aviation has been working in a F4U-1 restoration with the original R-2800-8 engine with the original supercharger, I think this would be the only F4U-1 in the world to run the original engine. The original engine makes a unique sound due to the two stage supercharger, there is any chance that in the future we might get the sound from this plane into the DCS module? You can hear the unique sc sound from 0:16: https://www.facebook.com/100063481271820/videos/4764662333552379/?__so__=watchlist&__rv__=video_home_www_playlist_video_list More info: https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/vought-f4u-1-birdcage-corsair-restoration-update-october-2021.html

Nice! Great detail, I did not know that michelin did the tyres for the F4U-1. I expected Goodyear to be the tyre manufacturer, maybe this is just in early F4U-1s? Any history behind that?

Looks great!

And what island is this one?