"Vought F4U Corsair" is the story of the "bent wing bird", one of the best known of all American military aircraft. From dominance in the Pacific in World War II to important carrier operations in the Korean War, and service with the US Navy, Royal Navy, RNZAF and French Navy, the Corsair played a pivotal and invaluable role in Allied warfare. Martin Bowman combines technical information and detailed development history with a fascinating combat history told, in many cases, by World War II pilots themselves.
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Martin W Bowman has been a regular contributor for many years to Flight International, Rolls Royce magazine and Aeroplane Monthly. He has written over 40 aviation books and Vought F4U Corsair is his eighth in the Crowood Aviation Series.
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Should not be your first book on the Corsair.,
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Anything by Berret Tillman is better. I did not like the fact that a large portion of the book is chapters from other books like Fred "Crash" Blechmans, Bent Wings, F4U Corsair Action & Accidents.
Some good photos, but overall, not as good as some other books on the subject. For a great history Berret Tillman's Corsair The F4U in World War II and Korea is the best. For technical info, Americas Hundred thousand is the best bang for the buck, since it covers all American fighters of the War in great techical detail. If you have everything in print but this, get it, but if you need good info there are others books to go with first.
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