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Ed... this is an F4U-4B from VF-113 "Stingers" on USS "Philippine Sea" off Korea 1950, with VF-114 on board too. Their tail code was "V"; the white triangle by 314's windscreen is probably 113's insignia, a "beehive and hornet".
VF-113 fuselage numbers 300+ and light blue prop hubs and tail tips, VF-114 cowling numbers 400+ with yellow hubs / tail tips.


Nick

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This aircraft was F4U-4B BuNo 62964, which was stricken as a result of the damage incurred. The date was 3 August 1950.

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Thanks George. Not sure what "BACRL" means in the loss code for 314; I can only think "Barrier Crash Landing".


Nick

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Nick,

The accident did indeed involve a barrier engagement but where does the "loss code" and "BACRL" come from? Is this an official abbreviation?

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George this is where it came from, I think this is a reliable reference; the codes for 62964 Aug. 3 1950 say Action Code "BACRL" and Damage Code "A".
Thought you would appreciate a very nice photo of sister Sqn. VF-114 at same time.



Regards
Nick



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Thanks for confirming that BACRL is just an abbreviation that someone---presumably the owner of the website---made up.

An attractive photo indeed, but the aircraft are F4U-4Bs and so it must be the 1950/1 cruise. Plain F4U-4s were employed in 1951/2.

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Thank you gents.

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Hi George. Would you know of a list of F4U/AU tail codes for Korea? I've found quite a few. Many thanks if so.

This is a couple of F4Us I did 26 years ago for Jim Sterling's long-gone "Web-birds" site. He had a part on VMF-312, not sure about the Sea Blue Gloss colour now though.

Regards
Nick
Found a list of carriers and F4U designators, from the NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER. Cheers.
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Nick,

Thanks for letting me see those beautiful Corsair profiles.

It seems that VMF312 had two '530' Corsairs at Okinawa. The first, 57530, an F4U-1D, was lost on 6 May 1945, while the second, FG-1D 76530, was received the same month. They were accepted by the Navy in July and December 1944 respectively, so both should have been in Sea Blue Gloss.

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May I ask your opinion of the "Checkerboard" markings? Looking at colour photos I'm 95% sure they are white on SBG but the (official) "History of Marine Fighter Attack Sqn.312" from HQ. USMC Washington says black-white on F4Us from 1943. They certainly had them later on FJ/F-8 etc. and also included them in their insignia.
It would have been very time-consuming to fully apply them on cowlings and rudders.
Thanks
Nick

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I haven't been able to find much about this marking. It was supposed to consist of black and white checks and the more plentiful Korea-era colour photos seem to confirm this. As for WWII, my guess is that the original F4U-1Ds taken to Okinawa would have had the black/white scheme but whether replacement aircraft also had black squares applied remains uncertain.

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Thanks George. Not sure about Okinawa but it would have been much simpler and quicker to use stencils and just spray the white on SBG. I think I've convinced myself that in Korea the checks were white-blue.......



https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Corsair/...g-1952-01.html
They were originally designed by 1/Lt. J.J.E. Holden in WW2 as "white on Navy Blue" and the insignia by M/Sgt. J.R. Wroble, authorised by HQUSMC Washington.
Bill Tuxbury was a VMF-312 pilot in Korea, his son has his white-blue check scarf.
The Corsair in the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola has plane white checks as WR-18 (not sure if still there).
No big deal though. Glossy Sea Blue is so dark it's sometimes hard to tell from black.

Regards
Nick

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