List of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs

F4U-4 at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida

List of surviving Vought F4U Corsairs identifies Corsairs with status of air worthy, on display, and in restoration by country; including model number, bureau number, fuselage markings, and location.

FG-1D 92044 coded 648 of the Old Stick & Rudder Company

FG-1D 92050 coded 94 was airworthy, previously with the Wings Over the Rockies Museum, returned to original owner in 2013

FG-1D 92629 coded S-301 of the Palm Springs Museum

F4U-1D 50375 coded 56 at the NASM-Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

F4U-4 97264 coded B 210 of VF-192 owned by Dan Friedkin

F2G-1 88458 coded 57

F4U-4 97369 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

F4U-5N 124692 coded NP 5 of the Collings Foundation

F4U-4 97142 coded WR 18 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation

F4U-4 97388 coded C 310 at the Fargo Air Museum

F4U 122189 coded WF-15 of the Flying Leathernecks Museum

F4U 124541 coded 14.F.6 of Les Ailes de l'Aero

FG-1D 67089 coded 555 and named Sky Boss at the American Heritage Museum

FG-1D Olympic Flight Museum 2014

F4U-4 97143 'Korean War Hero'

FG-1D 88090 ex-RNZAF 5612

Argentina

On display

F4U-5

• 121928 – Museo de Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca NAS.^[1]

Australia

Airworthy

F4U-5

• 124493/VH-III – owned by Graham Hosking.^[2]

Under restoration

F4U-1

• 02270 – number 124 off of the production line, is under restoration at Classic Jet Fighter Museum in Parafield, South Australia.^[3]

F4U-1D

• 82640 – Chance Vought-built in 1944, served on USS Intrepid, is under long-term restoration by Warbird Adventures in Mareeba, Queensland.^[4]

Austria

F4U-4 Corsair 96995 sponsored by Red Bull

Airworthy

F4U-4

• 96995 – Tyrolean Jet Service in Salzburg & Innsbruck, sponsored by Red Bull.^[5]

Brazil

On display

F4U-1A

• 17995 – F4U-1A restored as an F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair at the TAM Museum, São Carlos, SP.^[6]

Canada

Airworthy

FG-1

• 92106 – Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, Québec. It was used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).^[7] (now in the colours of Robert Hampton Gray (KD658)).

France

Airworthy

F4U-5

• 124541 – Les Ailes de l'Aero in Cuers.^[8]
• 124724 – Salis Collection in La Ferte-Alais.^[9]

Honduras

On display

F4U-5

• 124715 (FAH-609) – Museo del Aire de Honduras, Tegucigalpa AB.^[10][11]

This Vought F4U Corsair with registration FAH-609 Air Force of Honduras, scored three knockdowns in combat: a Cavalier F-51D Mustang and two Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs of the Salvadoran Air Force 17 of July 1969, commanding by Captain Fernando Soto Henriquez. These dogfights entered history, being the last to be made, taking as contrary propeller-driven aircraft.

New Zealand

Airworthy

FG-1D

• 88391/NZ5648/ZK-COR – owned by the Old Stick and Rudder Company, Masterton.^[12]

Under restoration

F4U-1

• 10508 – under restoration by Ross Jowitt in Ardmore, Auckland.^[13]
• 50000 – under restoration by Ross Jowitt in Ardmore, Auckland.^[14]

United Kingdom

Airworthy

FG-1

• 88297 – The Fighter Collection in Duxford.^[15]

On display

FG-1

• 14862 – Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton.^[16]

United States

Airworthy

F4U-1A

• 17799 – Planes of Fame in Chino, California.^[17][18] It was used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).

F4U-4

• 81698 – War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.^[19][20]
• 97264 – Comanche Warbirds Inc. in Houston, Texas.^[21]
• 97286 – Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.^[22][23]
• 97359 – Latshaw Drilling and Exploration Co. in Tulsa, Oklahoma.^[24] It was used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).
• 97388 – Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, North Dakota.^[25][26]

F4U-5N

• 124486 – Air Combat Museum in Springfield, Illinois.^[27][28]
• 124692 – Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.^[29][30]

F4U-5NL

• 124560 – Zeus Flight II LLC in Ketchum, Idaho.^[31]

F4U-5P

• 121881 – Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.^[32][33]
• 122184 – Stonehenge Air Museum in Lincoln County, Montana.^[34][35]

F4U-7

• 133714 – BA 1945 LCC in Wilmington, Delaware.^[36] This aircraft was formerly owned by John "Shifty" Schafhausen of Spokane, Washington and used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).
• 133722 – Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.^[37][38]

FG-1D

• 67070 – Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.^[39][40]
• 67087 – Aero Classics LLC in Los Angeles, California.^[41]
• 67089 – American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York.^[42][43]
• 88090 – Barry Avent in Bennettsville, South Carolina.^[44][45] Was NZ5612 in RNZAF service.
• 92095 – Proair Holding Co LLC in Latham, New York.^[46]
• 92399 – Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.^[47][48]
• 92433 – William Scott Glover in Mount Pleasant, Texas. It was formerly BuNo. 92471.^[49]
• 92436 – Olympic Flight Museum in Olympia, Washington.^[50][51]
• 92468 – Commemorative Air Force – (Dixie Wing) in Peachtree City, Georgia.^[52][53]
• 92489 – Texas Flying Legends Museum in Houston, Texas.^[54][55]
• 92508 – Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia.^[56][57]
• 92629 – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California. It was used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).^[58][59]

On display

F4U-1D

• 50375 – Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.^[60]

XF4U-4

• 80759 – New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.^[61]

F4U-4

F4U-4 on display at the National World War II Museum

• bureau number unknown – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[62]
• 97142 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.^[63]
• 97259 – EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.^[64][65]
• 97349 – National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida.^[66]
• 97369 – National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.^[67]

F4U-5N

• 122189 – Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, MCAS Miramar, California.^[68]
• 124447 – Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas.^[69]

FG-1A

• 13459 – National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.^[70]

FG-1D

• 88303 – Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington.^[71]

^[72]

• 88368 – Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.^[73]
• 88382 – Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.^[74]
• 92013 – US Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard.^[75]
• 92085 – Selfridge ANGB Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Michigan.^[76]
• 92246 – National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida.^[77]
• 92509 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[78]

Under restoration

F3A-1

• 04634 – to airworthiness by Pissed Away N4634 LLC in San Diego, California.^[79]

F4U-1

• 02449 – to airworthiness by Charles Wahl in Cameron Park, California.^[80]
• 02465 (early birdcage canopy) – for static display by the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.^[81][82]

F4U-4

• 81164 – to airworthiness by Westpac Restorations for James Tobul in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[83][84]
• 81857 – to airworthiness by Robert and Donna Odegaard Family Ltd. in Kindred, North Dakota.^[85]
• 96885 – to airworthiness by Lori Pierucci Crown in Bakersfield, California.^[86]
• 97143 – also 'Korean War Hero', to airworthiness by James Tobul in Bamberg, South Carolina after crashing on 17 May 2014.^[87]
• 97280 – to airworthiness by Corsair Enterprises Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware after crashing on 29 July 1999.^[88]
• 97302 – to airworthiness by Corsair Enterprises Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware after crashing on 1 April 1993.^[89]
• 97390 – to airworthiness by Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.^[90][91]

F4U-5N

• 122179 – to airworthiness by Fighters & Legends LCC in Greenwood, Mississippi after crashing on 25 February 1984.^[92]

F4U-7

• 133704 – for static display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.^[93]

FG-1D

• 76628 – to airworthiness by Doyle Duane Trustee in Castro Valley, California.^[94]
• 88086 – in storage at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida^[95]
• 92050 – to airworthiness by the Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, Illinois.^[96][97]
• 92132 – to airworthiness by the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio. It was used as one of the aircraft in the 1970s NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (Later renamed Black Sheep Squadron).^[98][99]
• 92304 – to airworthiness by DB Aero Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.^[100]
• 92460 – for static display by the Connecticut Air and Space Center in Stratford, Connecticut.^[101]
• 92463 – to airworthiness by Brian O'Farrell Aviation Inc. in Pembroke Pines, Florida.^[102]
• 92490 – to airworthiness by Brian O'Farrell Aviation Inc. in Pembroke Pines, Florida.^[103]
• 92618 – to airworthiness by Brian O'Farrell Aviation Inc. in Pembroke Pines, Florida.^[104]
• 92642 – to airworthiness by Doyle Duane Trustee in Castro Valley, California.^[105]
• 92643 – to airworthiness by Brian O'Farrell Aviation Inc. in Pembroke Pines, Florida.^[106]

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