CORSAIR FIGHTER BEING OPERATED
WASHINGTON, February 15,
The Associated Press says that today's navy communique makes its first mention of the Vought-Sikorsky Corsair fighters as being in action. These are very high-altitude long-range machines, characterised by a dashing gullwing design. They are believed to be the fastest carrier-type plane in the world, with a speed of 400 miles an hour, equal to that of the best landbased fighters.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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