I've been reading a book by Dana Bell on the colors and markings of the F4U-1 and there are several different patterns for the three color scheme just for the Corsair ,
depending on the date, factory (Vought, Goodyear, or Brewster), and it seems the whim of who was painting them at the time. So it seems that their is no right way and unless you have detailed color photos and a serial no. who can call you on it.
OK Back to the quiz.
Looking for a warbird,
1. Built as an improvement of an earlier plane, bigger, faster, and of course heaver.
2. Built by a division of the manufacturer of the "stars".
3. One glance and a knowledgeable observer would know it's origin.
4. Used by several countries.
5. In it's first use in combat, by an alley, it was found wanting. It was pulled from the front line and assigned a more mundane if. not much needed role, at which it excelled.
6. Two of the home country's services ordered it but with different engines. one with slightly less power than which it was designed for.
7. As they came off the production line most were endorsed by a somewhat famous mouse and his pals.
8. Had a wing planform that some say, Bruce Wayne would approve of.
9. This was the result of the large effective landing flap system.
10.Though not as nimble as the fighters it would come across, it's crews knew it had an ace in the hole, speed.
11. This high top speed ,( 322 M.P.H) was the result of the larger engines (4000 combined hp.) usually found on the home country's fighters.
12. The armament wasn't too bad either , later models could bring to bear 7 guns to the front and 3 to the rear..
Last edited by stang151; 05-20-2020 at 07:49 PM.