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Old 10th November 2017, 17:49
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Re: Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

Very few F4Us, and no AUs as far as I know, were lost in aerial combat in Korea. All USN and USMC aircraft losses are cataloged in Douglas E Campbell's U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and MATS Aircraft Lost During the Korean War.

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Old 10th November 2017, 21:31
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Good evening,

does the OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT volume by Warren Thompson reveal the number of Corsairs lost in aerial combat during the Korean War ?

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Old 10th November 2017, 23:03
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Frank is correct and I should have been clearer, almost all of the F4U and AU combat losses were to ground fire.

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Old 14th November 2017, 15:50
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Good afternoon Rich,

thanks for your assessment.
Can you tell me how many British Commonwealth Corsairs were lost in combat ?

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Old 4th December 2017, 05:37
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Re: Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

Better late than never. Somehow I missed the question . . . my apologies.

In Korea? None. KORNWALD shows 12 Sea Furies, 2 Fireflies, 2 unknown.
www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/KoreaAccounting/korwald_all.pdf

During WW2? I have not a clue.
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Re: Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

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Very few F4Us, and no AUs as far as I know, were lost in aerial combat in Korea. All USN and USMC aircraft losses are cataloged in Douglas E Campbell's U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and MATS Aircraft Lost During the Korean War.

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Campbell is for me a source of absolute last, last resort. He makes too many mistakes of names and units for my purposes.
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Hello Leonard,

I didn't knew that the British flew the Corsair in Korea.
Did they shoot anything down with it ?

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Old 7th December 2017, 19:34
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They did not use them to my knowledge, which explains why they lost none.
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Re: Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

A bit late, but here's the loss info from the Osprey volume. Presented in a very odd manner .....
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