Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

[twocee]

In his book on Marine Fighter Squadrons Barrett Tillman credits the first shootdown on February 14 to Capt. J.F. Quigley, but I think he meant Joseph F. Quilty.

[R Leonard]

Thanks, George!

[knusel]

Good evening Leonard and George,

thanks for your posts.
Scoring from 14Feb1943 until 17Jul1969: a period of 26 years, five months and three days. Certainly a record for piston-engined planes.
I'll search a jet that supersedes this and report to you if I find anything.
(Ultra-narrow for the F/A-18: 17Jan1991-18Jun2017, 26 years, five months and one day).

I wish you a fine weekend. Mine will be one day longer because my host country Switzerland has its national day.

Cheers,

Michael

[BruceMk11]

Michael,

This book may be of interest to you. Released in March this year.

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/m...s-a6m-zero-sen

[knusel]

Good evening Bruce,

I have several OSPREY DUEL volumes including this one:
https://ospreypublishing.com/f4u-corsair-vs-ki-84-frank
and like the concept of this series very much.
Maybe I will acquire the book you mentioned, too.
But before that I will work through the OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES volume by Mark Styling.

Best greetings and wishes,

Michael

I found the aircraft that scored over a longer period of time than the Corsair and opened a new thread about it:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...562#post321562