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English: By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft's distinctive inverted gull-wing design allowed ground clearance for the huge, three-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, which spanned more than 4 meters (13 feet). The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine and Hydromatic propeller was the largest and one of the most powerful engine-propeller combinations ever flown on a fighter aircraft.

Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair "Sun Setter," a Marine close-support fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-113 in July 1944. Picture taken at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA.

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Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft)
Length: 10.2 m (33 ft 4 in)
Height: 4.6 m (15 it), 4.9 m (16 ft 2 in) folded
Weight, empty: 4,037 kg (8,971 lb)
Weight, gross: 6,387 kg (14,080 lb)
Top speed: 671 km/h (417 mph)
Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 air-cooled radial, 2,100 hp
Armament; six .50 cal M2 machine guns
Ordnance: eight 5-in rockets, two 1,000-lb) bombs
Manufacturer: Vought Aircraft Co., Stratford, Conn., 1944
Bu.Number: 50375

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