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https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-3-chance-vought-f4u-corsair-and-goodyear-fg-1d-corsair

Corsair II - 147/P, 1836 Squadron USS Essex August 9, 1945.

Corsair IV KD244 of 1842 Squadron from HMS Formidable. This photo was taken after Sub Lt Duke landed the airplane on the USS Shangri-La on July 7, 1945, after an op. The aircraft crashed upon return to the Formidable just hours after this photo was taken. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives via Dana Bell)

Few nice articles https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/the-last-vc https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/the-royal-treatment

In January 1943, the U.S. Navy released a specification that replaced the simple blue-gray over light gray camouflage scheme scheme with a complex one that employed counter-shading and counter-shadowing. Simply put, a dark blue was applied to the surfaces viewed from the top, a lighter blue on surfaces viewed from the side, and white on surfaces viewed from the bottom. As might be expected, there was a changeover period during which some aircraft that had already been delivered in the superseded scheme were repainted. There appears to have been an early implementation of the concept at the Navy's Norfolk, Virginia aircraft rework/repair facility which differed from the more generally accepted approach with respect to the amount of light blue versus dark on the side of the fuselage. The most obvious difference is the demarcation of the dark blue extending upward from the wing on to the side of the fuselage. In what I call the Norfolk scheme, 1) the width of the dark blue area narrows above the wing instead of expanding forward and aft and 2) less of the top of the fuselage is dark blue SOURCE

And another one at ARC https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/101-200/tnt184-painting-corsairs-Rapasi/00.shtm

Anyway to keep this going. Here are few articles related to GoodYear implementation of the graded and so call four tone scheme. https://imodeler.com/2015/04/a-good-year-for-corsairs/ http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/295172-f4u-1-birdcage-window-question/

240 views in less than 24 hour is no real interest? Not sure about that LOL, the name of the topic has been changed. Give us some meat Alfonso , maybe take it in a baby steps at first. One section per time, at least 240 folks is waiting. You've got this👍 Cheers Martin

JT-217: 1834 Sqn, 1943. No code given JT-224: 1834 Sqn, 8. 2. 44.. No code given JT-248: 1834 or 1836 Sqn, 2. 44.. No code given JT-256: 1834 Sqn, 10. 43.. No code given JT-264: 1834 Sqn, 7. 10. 43.. No code given JT-310: 1834 or 1836 Sqn, 3. 44.. 1841 Sqn, 28. 4. 44.. No code given. (Tirpitz) JT-311: 1834 Sqn, 4. 1. 45. Code "T7B" JT-324: 1834 Sqn, 25. 9. 44.. No code given JT-325: 1841 Sqn, 3. 44.. Code "7H" JT-338: 1841 Sqn, 3. 44.. No code given JT-340: 1834 Sqn, 24. 8. 44.. No code given JT-348: 1834 Sqn, 10. 44.. Code "7P" JT-353: 1841 Sqn, 15. 5. 44.. No code given JT-361: 1834 Sqn, 7. 44. - 11. 44.. No code given JT-368: 1834 Sqn, 1944 No code given JT-370: 1834 Sqn, 10. 6. 44.. No code given JT-373: 1834 Sqn, 10. 3. 44.. No code given JT-378: 1834 Sqn, 21. 3. 44.. No code given JT-379: 1834 or 1836 Sqn, 3. 44.. No code given JT-383: 1834 Sqn, 26. 3. 44. - 11. 44. Code "7D" JT-384: 1834 Sqn, 27. 2. 44. - 5. 44. Code "7A" JT-386: 1834 Sqn, from 26. 3. 44. No code given JT-389: 1834 Sqn, from 27. 2. 44. Code "7B" JT-391: 1834 Sqn, 31. 7. 44. No code given JT-394: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-399: 1834 Sqn, 17. 10. 44. No code given JT-402: 1834 Sqn, 14. 4. 44. No code given JT-403: 1834 Sqn, 19. 10. 44. Code "7N" JT-414: 1834 Sqn, 4. 44. - 5. 45. Code "3" JT-423: 1834 Sqn, from 3. 3. 44. Code "7H" JT-424: 1834 Sqn, from 4. 3. 44. Code "7F" JT-425: 1841 Sqn, 8. 2. 44. No code given JT-426: 1834 Sqn, 3. 45. - 5. 45. Code "112/P" JT-431: 1834 Sqn, 15. 9. 44. No code given JT-435: 1834 Sqn, 9. 11. 44. No code given JT-451: 1834 Sqn, 4. 45. Code "112" JT-452: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-471: 1834 Sqn, 2. 10. 44. No code given JT-479: 1834 Sqn, 10. 10. 44. No code given JT-481: 1834 Sqn, 10. 44. No code given JT-505: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-507: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-523: 1834 Sqn, 1944/5. No code given JT-524: 1834 Sqn, 10. 44. Code "7R" JT-529: 1834 Sqn, 4. 45. No code given JT-531: 1834 Sqn, 11. 8. 44. Code "122" JT-533: 1834 Sqn, 2. 45. Code "120/P" JT-534: 1834 Sqn, 9. 9. 44. No code given JT-539: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-558: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. - 5. 45. No code given JT-561: 1834 Sqn, 5. 45. No code given JT-565: 1834 Sqn, 12. 44.. Code "7S" with "P" on the fin JT-568: 1834 Sqn, 23. 8. 45. Code "124" JT-572: 1834 Sqn, 29. 1. 45. No code given JT-573: 1834 Sqn, 19. 12. 44. No code given JT-575: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. Codes "7K" "T7K" JT-580: 1834 Sqn, 12. 5. 45. No code given JT-582: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Codes "T7C" "113/P" JT-590: 1834 Sqn, 23. 8. 45. Code "128" JT-607: 1834 Sqn, 7. 45. No code given JT-616: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. - 5. 45. Codes "T7X" "122/Q" JT-619: 1834 Sqn, No date. No code given JT-620: 1834 Sqn, 21. 11. 44. No code given JT-622: 1834 Sqn, 11. 1. 45. Codes "T7Z" "125/P JT-624: 1841 Sqn, 20. 1. 45. Code "7C" JT-626: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Code "118/P" JT-629: 1834 Sqn, 11. 44. No code given JT-630: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Code "T7H" JT-632: 1834 Sqn, 3. 45. Code "116/X" JT-633: 1834 Sqn, 3. 45. - 5. 45. Codes "120/P" "119/X" JT-634: 1834 Sqn, No date. Code "137/P" JT-635: 1834 Sqn, 12. 44. No code given JT-636: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Code "T7J" JT-637: 1834 Sqn, 4. 45. Code "126/P" JT-638: 1834 Sqn, 4. 45. No code given JT-639: 1834 Sqn, 5. 45. Code "115/P" JT-645: 1834 Sqn, 4. 45 - 5. 45. Code "125/P" JT-646: 1834 Sqn, 3. 45. - 5. 45. Code "116/P" JT-648: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Codes "7R" "T7R" JT-650: 1841 Sqn, 13. 9. 44. Codes "D" "7D" JT-651: 1834 Sqn, 9. 44. No code given JT-654: 1834 Sqn, 2. 45. Code "117/P" JT-662: 1834 Sqn, 7. 44. - 1. 45. No code given JT-663: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Code "T7Y" JT-665: 1834 Sqn, 9. 44. Code "7S" JT-673: 1834 Sqn, 5. 45. Code "116/P" JT-679: 1834 Sqn, 29. 1. 45. Codes "T7A" "111/P" JT-680: 1834 Sqn, 28. 9. 44. - 11. 44. No code given JT-682: 1834/1836 Sqns, 7. 45. No code given JT-684: 1834 Sqn, 5. 45. Codes "7P" "123" JT-687: 1841 Sqn, 19. 9. 44. Code "7J" JT-696: 1834 Sqn, 29. 1. 45. Codes "T7M" "128/P" JT-697: 1834 Sqn, 1. 45. Code "T7P" JT-701: 1834 Sqn, 12. 44. No code given. This is listed as a Mk.III

The British Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) warmed to the Corsair much faster than the US Navy. In November 1943, the FAA received under Lend-Lease the first of 95 Vought F4U-1s, which were given the designation of "Corsair I". The first squadrons were assembled and trained in the US, either at Brunswick, Maine, or Quonset, Rhode Island, and then shipped across the Atlantic. The Royal Navy put the Corsair into carrier operations immediately, well ahead of the US Navy, though it wasn't like the British worked miracles with the F4U: they found its landing characteristics just as beastly, suffering a number of fatal crashes, but bit the bullet and did it anyway. This initial British batch was followed by 510 Vought F4U-1As under the designation of "Corsair II"; 430 Brewster F3A-1Ds under the designation of "Corsair III"; and finally 977 Goodyear FG-1Ds under the designation of "Corsair IV" -- for a total of 2,012 FAA Corsairs. It is unclear if the stateside squadron training scheme was retained for all British Corsair squadrons. All but initial deliveries of FAA Corsairs had 20 centimeters (8 inches) clipped from the wingtips to permit storage in British carrier hangar decks, with the clipped wings also apparently improving the roll rate. Some sources suggest that at least some of the clipped-wing Corsairs supplied to Britain had the US designation of "F4U-1B". Many FAA Corsairs were fitted with rails for launching British 7.62-centimeter (3-inch) unguided "Rocket Projectiles (RPs)". At its peak, the Corsair equipped 19 FAA squadrons. FAA Corsairs originally fought in a camouflage scheme, with a light-green / dark-green disruptive pattern on top and a white belly, but were later painted overall blue. Those operating in the Pacific theater acquired a specialized British insignia -- a modified blue-white roundel with white "bars" to make it look more like a US than a Japanese insignia to prevent friendly-fire incidents. FAA Corsairs performed their first combat action on 3 April 1944, with Number 1834 Squadron flying from the HMS VICTORIOUS to help provide cover for a strike on the German super-battleship TIRPITZ in a Norwegian fjord. This was apparently the first combat operation of the Corsair off of an aircraft carrier. Further attacks on the TIRPITZ were performed in July and August 1944, with Corsairs from the HMS FORMIDABLE participating. The Corsairs did not encounter aerial opposition on these raids, and in fact the F4U would never have it out with German Luftwaffe aircraft. A confrontation between a Corsair and the tough German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 would have made for an interesting contest. After the Norwegian operations, British Corsairs switched operations to the Indian Ocean to fight the Japanese, with the first operational sorties on 19 April 1945. Royal Navy carriers would be participants in the final battle for the Japanese home islands. On 9 August 1945, days before the end of the war, Corsairs from HMS FORMIDABLE were attacking Shiogama harbor on the northeast coast of Japan. A Canadian pilot, Lieutenant Robert H. Gray, was hit by flak but pressed home his attack on a Japanese destroyer, sinking it with a 450-kilogram (1,000-pound) bomb, and then crashing into the sea. He was posthumously awarded the last Victoria Cross of World War II. At least 424 Corsairs were also provided to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, beginning in late 1943, with a little more than half of them F4U-1As and the rest F4U-1Ds / FG-1Ds. By the time the New Zealanders had worked up to operational Corsair squadrons in 1944, there was little for them to shoot at in the air and they scored no kills, but they kept busy in the attack role, with a fair number of them shot down or lost in accidents. Most of the New Zealander Corsairs were scrapped after the war, as were the British Corsairs.

Hey Gary, thank you for the kind words. If you like I can cut some masks for you. Thank you Kevin, now your are making me blush :), much appreciated .

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Beautiful work Peter. Looks like a really enjoyable build. 👍

Thank you for the preview James. Can I say it out loud ? Mk. XIV please