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Goodyear FG-1D Corsair IV

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Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset UK.
Image size
5038x3359px 11.22 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 60D
Shutter Speed
5/1 second
Aperture
F/9.0
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Jan 22, 2014, 12:02:12 PM
Sensor Size
22mm
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Aircraft Details

  • Goodyear Built - FG1-A Type
  • Serial Number - KD 431
  • Bureau Number - 14862
  • Build Date - July/August 1944
  • U.S Contract Number - 1871
  • Factory Build Number - 1871
 A Corsair in as near to totally authentic and original condition from 1944 as it is possible to achieve. Paintwork, markings, stencilling, even the scratches and wear marks from the period are all original. Of the forty or so remaining Corsairs around the world (some in flying condition, some on display in Museums) there are no known examples in their truly original condition other than the Fleet Air Arm Museum's Corsair KD 431.


View of KD 431 after three years painstaking work. All of the paintwork, markings, scratches and wear marks are authentic and original from 1944-45.