List of Royal Navy Ships WWII

 Aircrew FAA pilot receiving a gift 01

 Factory fresh Corsairs shipped being assembled 01

 Factory fresh Corsairs shipped being assembled 02

 Possibly a RNZAF Corsair who payed a visit when the navy was off Bougainville 01

 Royal Navy Corsair 0A

 Royal Navy Corsair 0B

 Royal Navy Corsair 0C

 Royal Navy Corsair landing mishaps 01

 Royal Navy Corsair landing mishaps 02

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1830NAS 7L preparing for launch HMS Illustrious Dec 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1830NAS Q147 HMS Illustrious 13th April 1945 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1830NAS Red 7R landing aboard HMS Illustrious Dec 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS A landing aboard HMS Illustrious Dec 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS White 6A over Quonset Point Rhode Island United States 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS White 6A over Quonset Point Rhode Island United States 1943 02

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS White 6A over Quonset Point Rhode Island United States 1943 03

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS White 6A over Quonset Point Rhode Island United States 1943 04

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 1833NAS White 6H, 6F and 6A over Quonset Point Rhode Island United States 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 7T 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 8L aboard HMS Victorious after bombing a German convoy off Bodo Norway 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII 9Y on deck HMS Khedive 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII FAA 7D 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII flight deck HMS Smiter 1944 45 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkIII 731NAS E3S NAS JS853 Ballyhalbert N Ireland 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII JT199 NAS Quonset Point Rhode Island USN BuNo 17701 Vought F4U-1A USA 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII JT235 NAS Quonset Point Rhode Island USN BuNo 17767 Vought F4U-1A USA 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII JT505 USN BuNo 50240 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII NAS Brunswick prang Sebago Lake Maine 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII pilot Lt Cdr Freddy Charlton with a burst fuel tank 1945 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkIIs and Barracuda torpedo bombers on the flight deck of HMS Formidable Norway 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkIIs White 2D taxi accident NAS Brunswick Maine 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII taking off from Roosevelt Field USA October 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII Vought F4U-1A 757NAS JT260 BuNo 17862 HMS Unicorn July 1944 0A

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White 21 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White L112 aboard HMS Glory off Rabaul New Britain 6th Sep 1945 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White L113 aboard HMS Glory off Rabaul New Britain Sep 1945 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White L113 aboard HMS Glory off Rabaul New Britain Sep 1945 02

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White L113 aboard HMS Glory off Rabaul New Britain Sep 1945 03

 Royal Navy Corsair MkII White Y13x taken during landing mishap 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT104 Wittering 1943 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT114 land based 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT128 BuNo 18150 Vought F4U-1 model 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT128 BuNo 18150 Vought F4U-1 model 02

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT159 BuNo 18181 landing ashore 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI Red 8M 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkI Vought F4U-1 Corsair color scheme 01

 Royal Navy Corsair MkIV White 7V16 landing mishap HMS Indomitable 01

 Royal Navy Corsairs 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1A Corsair BuNo 14609 KD178 White 178 at NAS Columbus 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV 1851NAS White B112 Wheels up landing HMS Venerable 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV 1853NAS being luanched 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV FAA 1850NAS White E2M KD431 BuNo 14862 1945 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV KD466 BuNo 14897 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV White 331 KE340 BuNo 92407 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV White 340 KE340 BuNo 92416 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV White 99 KD572 landing mishap note odd roundels 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV White A112 KD706 BuNo 76284 01

 Royal Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair MkIV White A126 KD427 BuNo 14858 landing 01

 Royal Navy Vought Corsair MkI 1830NAS Red 7C JT108 BuNo 18130 with 7A background 1943 01

 Royal Navy Vought Corsair MkII FAA 738NAS 3BB NAS JT238 N Ireland 1944 01

 Royal Navy Vought Corsair MkII FAA 738NAS 3BB NAS JT238 N Ireland 1944 02

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkII 1834NAS White P147 HMS Victorious 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkII White 531 JT531 BuNo 50335 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkIV 1846NAS White U7S landing mishap HMS Colossus 1945 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkIV 1851NAS White RSP HMS Venerable Malta 1945 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkIV JT274 BuNo 17956 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair MkIV JT546 BuNo 50350 01

 Royal Navy Vought F4U Corsair winding the engine before starting 01

Royal Navy Vought Corsair MkII FAA 738NAS 3BB NAS JT238 Lewiston Ireland 1944 IWM A26734

Formation photograph of six British Naval Airmen in training over the Maine countryside. They are flying American built Chance-Vought Corsairs, with British markings. These pilots will soon leave Lewiston where they are training and proceed to Norfolk for their deck landing exercises.

Source: IWM A 26734 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187453

Royal Navy Corsair MkII 9Y on a outrigger HMS Khedive East Indies Fleet IWM A29037

This device being used here is called an outrigger. The tail wheel is locked at the end of it and slung outboard. Chocks are fixed fore and aft of the undercarriage wheels so that this Chance-Vought Corsair is kept securely in position while taking up a minimum of deck space on board HMS KHEDIVE, part of the East Indies Fleet as she operates in eastern waters.

Source: IWM A 29037 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187584

Royal Navy Corsair MkI JT104 at RAF Wittering 1943 IWM A20026

The Chance-Vought Corsair. (Frame number JT 104) stationary on the ground at RAF Wittering. This US built aircraft is in service with the Fleet Air Arm.

Source: IWM A 20026 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186752

Royal Navy Corsair 7Y taking off from HMS Victorious off Bodo Norway IWM A23039

A Chance-Vought Corsair taking off from HMS VICTORIOUS on its way to bomb a German convoy off Bodo, Northern Norway.

Source: IWM A 23039 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187020

Royal Navy Corsair coded K landing mishap aboard HMS Illustrious IWM A21002

This US built fighter the Chance-Vought Corsair throttled back too late and collided with the island on board HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. Note the self-propelled crane in background. Half of one of the aircraft's wing is missing and the engine is hanging from its mountings.

Source: IWM A 21002 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186856

Royal Navy Corsair taking off from HMS Illustrious IWM A21001

An American built Chance-Vought Corsair takes off from the flight deck of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS.

Source: IWM A 21001 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186855

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  IL2 origianl game skin by RO Corsair MkII RN 1834Sqn C7 HMS Victorious 1945

  Corsair IV of 1850Sqn, HMS Vengeance, 1945. RN Ronncortarget@gmail.com

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII

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    Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
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This webpage was updated 11th June 2021

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