Vought F4U Corsair - top ten ace list

[Frank Olynyk]

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.

Enjoy!

Frank.

[knusel]

Good evening,

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

Michael

[R Leonard]

Frank is correct and I should have been clearer, almost all of the F4U and AU combat losses were to ground fire.

Rich

[knusel]

Good afternoon Rich,

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

Michael

[R Leonard]

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.

[Col Bruggy]

Originally Posted by Frank Olynyk

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.

Enjoy!

Frank.

Hello,

For those amongst you unaware of Douglas E. Campbell's works, you will find a selection here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?...mpbell&type=&1

Best to register and wait until Lulu offers one of their discount deals, sometimes 30% off!

Col.

[R Leonard]

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

[knusel]

Hello Leonard,

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

Cheers,

Michael

[R Leonard]

They did not use them to my knowledge, which explains why they lost none.

[PMoz99]

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