Said to be too difficult to deck land by the United States Navy, the F4U Corsair's raw power came as a saving grace to a Fleet Air Arm desperate for a new generation fleet strike fighter. Here its pilots remember their first impressions of the 18-cylinder beast, and how it was received by the Royal Navy.
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