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Corsair Pilots Tell Their Stories

by Flying Leatherneck | Dec 5, 2013 | Corsair and Marine Pilots

By Frank Lorey ©2012 Over seventy years ago, in 1938, the Navy came up with a specification for a new carrier-based fighter, with the Bell, Grumman, and Vought companies entering designs in the competition. The Vought prototype flew in May, 1940, and eventually the...

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