Clay_Allison
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- Dec 24, 2008
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What is your basis for this?...IMO you could get out of trouble faster with a Mustang, both from unexpected ground fire and sudden MiG attack.
AFAIK there really is no specific statistical research behind that statement. It really just means that the USN and USMC were disappointed with F4U AA vulnerability in Korea, and the AF was also disappointed with F-51 vulnerability. The USN/USMC didn't publish anything like our favorite 'Naval Aviation Combat Statisitics' for Korea, unfortunatelyThere is research that asserts the following:
"The Corsair, an air cooled radial engine aircraft, might have been expected to have a higher survivability than the Air Force's liquid cooled (and hence vulnerable) F-51 Mustang. In fact, insufficient oil cooler and engine protection rendered the Corsair just as susceptible as the Mustang to ground fire."
A Revolutionary War: Korea and the Transformation of the Postwar World, Page 138 (Research presented at the Fifteenth Military History Symposium, held at the United States Air force Academy, 14-16 October 1992)
You would need to pull the paper and examine the methodology and data to evaluate the claim. I suspect such a comparison would be a difficult undertaking in the absence of an apples to apples control of relevant variables. I myself would prefer to fight in a Corsair
Zipper, you do realize that this thread has been inactive for more than 6 years?
Actually, no: I just was reading through the P-51 vs Mosquito thread, then saw this under "Similar Threads".Zipper, you do realize that this thread has been inactive for more than 6 years?
Actually, no: I just was reading through the P-51 vs Mosquito thread, then saw this under "Similar Threads".
zipper did not read JoeB information.Zipper, you do realize that this thread has been inactive for more than 6 years?
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The F4U-5 may have been better than a P-51D. It might not have been, but an F4U-5 is not a slightly modified F4U-4 anymore than a P-51H is a slightly modified P-51D.
ANd there weren't enough F4U-5s built to really get a good handle on them.