Yeah, well I was wondering about that, just how a Corsair and 109/190 would've mixed it...I'm also reading about one of our chaps who flew Typhoons Tempests, and the Corsair seemed to do similar work as them, in the PTO....The Typhoons suffered heavy losses performing the ground-attacks, particuarly the vulnerability of their engine to flak etc...whereas radials, etc. etc....Corsairs also were also higher-altitude fighters too, whereas the Tiffy/Temps were 15-20,000 ft. max.
I dunno if the War would've finished earlier, but the Corsair was definately not used to it's fullest potentials, or in more theatres, and was capable of rockets/bombs, with 6x .5's instead of 4x 20mm though....In some ways similar to a Thunderbolt, but much more versatile, they appear to have been severly under-estimated by the Allies, or I'm sure they'd have been used more extensively.....