EagleCals #152-72 F4U 1 Part 3

Description

Nearly 2000 F4U Corsairs were pressed into service with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) under a Lend-Lease agreement. Of these, 95 were birdcage variants that were designated Corsair 1s. Training was conducted in the U.S. at Quonset Point or Brunswick before the aircraft shipped to the UK. 

Gus’s Gopher       BuNo 02324     White 10    VMF-213      July 1943    Pilot: 1st Lt Wilbur “Gus” Thomas

JT 152             3BH       738 Sqn         1943 

JT 150               5 F         1835 Sqn          1943