The Vought F4U Corsair remains one of the most unique and memorable fighter designs ever built. With the characteristic inverted gull wing to accommodate the massive 13 ft Hamilton Standard hydromatic three-blade propeller swung by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine, the Corsair became an icon of mid-to-late WWII Marine and Naval Airpower. It’s status remained long after World War II as the Corsair was used during the Korean War and even lasted longer through use by foreign air forces and navies such as those in Honduras, France, and Argentina.
To sustain the image even more, the Corsair became a star of American movie and television with John Wayne’s Flying Leathernecks of 1951 and the television movie and series Baa Baa Black Sheep from 1976 to 1978.
Because of its iconic status, the Corsair remains a common theme in aviation tattoos and the memorial tattoo pictured here is no exception. This fantastic black and gray version tattooed by Phil Young of Hope Gallery Tattoo in New Haven, CT perfectly depicts the bent-wing bird. Ironically the Corsair is the “official state aircraft” of Connecticut due to it’s connection with Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, CT.
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