Several examples of the bent-wing Vought F4U Corsair examples I’ve photographed at the Udvar-Hazy, Evergreen Aviation Museum, Olympia, Pima Air Museum, Museum of Flight, PoF Chino, Patriots Point, OshKosh and elsewhere on the air show circuit.
Goodyear FG-1A 13459
Marine Corps Museum; Quantico VA 2026
1942 F4U-1A 17799
Was used in the TV series Black Sheep Squadron
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
Paine Field 2017
F4U-1D 50375
NASM Udvar-Hazy 2015
Udvar-Hazy VA 2026
Note that the signature of Pappy Boyington can be seen on the back wall of the wheel well.
1943 FG-1D 67089 “Skyboss” / “Godspeed”
Yakima AirFair 1988
When Michelle and I first saw this in Yakima it was named “Skyboss” …
Oshkosh 2025
… almost 40 years later I pointed my camera at the same plane, which is now named “Godspeed” to honor astronaut John Glenn
FG-1D 88297
Imperial War Museum Duxford 2008
There is some doubt in my mind that these are all of the same airframe. The first photo was taken Feb. 17 and clearly shows the yellow cowling. It also is in a normal display area and part of a Spitfire is visible in the lower right of the frame. There is an orange notice of some sort taped to the fuselage right below the cockpit. The remainder of the photos were taken Feb. 19, two days later, and the plane clearly is in a different location — nosed up against a wall. It also appears to be far dustier than the earlier photo. A little research shows the IWM had two different Corsairs — a Chance Vought FG-1D Corsair G-FGID (which wears these markings); and a Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N55JP (which may not have been there at that time.) Just interesting that the planes look different, and obviously have changed locations in the short span between those visits.
1944 FG-1D 88303 #3117
Paine Field 2017
Flying Heritage Collection 2019
Flying Heritage Collection 2023
Goodyear FG-1D 88368
Patriots Point 2013
Goodyear FG-1D 88382
Museum of Flight (around) 1998
Museum of Flight 2004
Museum of Flight 2010
Museum of Flight 2011
Museum of Flight 2016
Museum of Flight 2023
Museum of Flight 2023
1945 F2G-1 Super Corsair 88454 #6163
Museum of Flight 2013
This was the first production aircraft and was acquired from the Marine Corps by the Champlin Fighter Museum. Only two “Super Corsairs” still exist, and the Museum of Flight’s Super Corsair is listed as not-flightworthy, but I photographed it during an airshow at Paine Field in 2016.
Museum of Flight 2008
Museum of Flight 2008
Museum of Flight 2011
HFF Paine Field 2016
FG-1D 92050 #3311
OshKosh 2024
Vought (Goodyear) FG-1D 92095
Evergreen Aviation Museum; 2015
FG-1D 92246
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
1945 FG-1D 92399 #3660
Oshkosh 2025
FG-1D 92436
Olympic Flight Museum 2018
Olympic Flight Museum 2019
1943 FG1D 92468
OshKosh 2024
FG-1D 92471 #3732 “Marine’s Dream”
OshKosh 2024
1943 FG-1D 92468 #3729
Oshkosh 2025
FG-1D 92629
Palm Springs Air Museum 2018
F4U-4 97142
Pima Air Museum 2017
1945 F4U-4 97143
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
F4U-4 97259 #9413
The gallery was closed in preparation for an event during AirVenture, so I had a very limited angle to see this Corsair from.
This Corsair, BuNo 97259, flew combat missions over Korea with VF-32, with a number of different pilots, including Lt. jg. Thomas J. Hudner Jr., who flew the airplane after he sacrificed another Corsair on December 4, 1950 in an attempt to free his friend, Ensign Jesse Brown, the Navy’s first Black naval aviator, from his downed Corsair, a selfless act for which he received the Medal of Honor.
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
F4U-4 97369
Painted as U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) FG-1A Corsair 13486
Marine Corps Museum; Quantico VA 2026
F4U-4 97390
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
F4U-5 121881 #9873
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston 2024
1948 F4U-5 122179 / 123168
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
I first saw this as 123168, with a note that it was brought back to airworthy status using parts from #122179. I have now combined their listing as being the same aircraft.
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
F4U-5NL 124560
Driggs, ID 2021
1952 F4U-7 133722 (#977)
Erickson Collection, Madras 2017
Arlington airport 2022
Repainted as a Corsair involved in the “Devotion” rescue attempt December 4, 1950 (see more info with the movie prop below)
F4U-4 (Composite craft; no BuNo.)
National WWII Museum, New Orleans 2024
F4U Corsair Diorama (Movie Prop)
This is a depiction of Lt(jg) Thomas J. Hudner, Jr.’s attempt to free Ensign Jesse LeRoy Brown from the crashed F4U Corsair 82050 during a ground attack mission over Kot’o-ri near the Chosin Reservoir on December 4, 1950. Jesse LeRoy Brown was the first African American to complete flight training and become a Naval Aviator. The plane in the diorama is a movie prop built for the 2022 feature film “Devotion” about the incident.