| National origin:- United States |
| Role:- Carrier-based fighter aircraft, fighter-bomber, attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer:- Chance Vought, Goodyear |
| Designer:- chief engineer Dayton Brown |
| First flight:- 29 May 1940 |
| Introduction:- 28 December 1942; Retired:- 1979 (Honduras) |
| Primary users:- United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| Produced:- between 1942–1953 |
| Number built:- 12,571 |
| Development:- into Goodyear F2G Corsair |
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–53).
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