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My father also flew late model F4U-1s & F4U-1Ds with VMF-111. In his book, 'The Black Sheep', subtitled 'The Definitive Account of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II', Bruce Gamble references Virgil G. Ray on 5 diffetent pages. I highly recommend this book, as well as the rest of his...

First I'd like to thank all that have replied to my original post, they were very helpful. I have two F4U Fuel Gauges, an EA 100-2AB, and a EA 100-16. I would like to hook up a circuit just to make the needle move. I would think it would be fairly simple, if I had a schematic. The...

The URL for the site is" US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present

Any chance of getting a photo, or negative, of #873, the second one in your post, with #873 on the marston mat? My father flew late model F4u-1s (F4U-1As), and F4U-!ds in combat. I would gladly pay for a reprint of the photo. I did do a search of a database that contains the whereabouts of...

That was exactly what I was looking for, but a few more questions: 1) Somce of the instruments/gages do not have a pat number listed, for example the compass, do you know of another source that lists the compasses that were used in the F4U-1 variants? 2) I belive that an AN prefix...

Don't know if this will help, but I have the following photos: - 1st Tour Members, Aces standing in front with baseball bats. - 2nd tour photo, probably taken at Espiritu Santo prior to deployment. - Plane # (17)883 engine running, either prior to takeoff, taxi, etc. Did VMF-214, during...

Does anyone know of an information source that lists which instruments were used in the F4U-1 series? For example, the manufacturers of the main tank fuel gauage, altimeter, compass, etc. I would guess that several different makes may have been used. But there must be a list somewhere that...

Glad to join the group. I would like to work my up to building flying an F4U-1D Model. 1) What are the the best kit(s) to start from? 2) What are the best kits/prebuilt planes to learn to how fly? My dad's F4U-1D had two Antenna Masts, one forward, and one aft, of the cockpit. Is...