Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Hi AmselI agree with what your saying about performance but have to seriously question your logic concerning Honduras's choice in a/c being an F4U and not the F6F. That may be true but other factors may have been taken into consideration.
my last post was in response to your post concerning poorer countries on the look-out for an instant airforce, who didn't necessarily have a carrier, I merely presented as a case in point two such countries who, well, chose what they chose for whatever reason; I don't think it's conclusively damning of the F6F that it wasn't selected here but it is noteworthy.
On the subject of factors, I'm not sure if availability could be considered, both the F6F and the F4U made their way to South America where they served with the Argentine and Uruguayan Navies. On completion of their second service life, these would then be sold off to poorer economies within South America who would presumably have had the choice of F6F and/or F4U.
Of course, without knowing the eventual fate of both types whilst in Argentine and Uruguayan service (eg maybe most of the F6Fs were written off accident/damaged/lack of maintenance spares/military action) it remains speculation as to why it was the F4U that showed up on the inventories of the poorer economies' airforces, rather than the F6F.
Both the F6F and the F4U were still active in various airforces until at least the early to mid-60s.