Aircrew US Marine ace Major Jeff Dorroh VMF-323 with his F4U-1D White 891 01

 Aircrew USMC ace 1st Lt Stuart Alley VMF-323 on his F4U-1D Corsair 01

 Aircrew USMC ace 1st Lt Stuart Alley VMF-323 on his F4U-1D Corsair 02

 Aircrew USMC VMF-323 pose in front of an F4U-4 Corsair aboard the CVE- 118 USS Sicily 01

 Aircrew USMC VMF-323 pose in front of an F4U-4 Corsair aboard the CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Aircrew VMF-323 1st Lt Bud Yount and Lt Dusty Faust Korea 1951 01

 Aircrew VMF-323 1st Lt Bud Yount and Lt Dusty Faust Korea 1951 02

 Aircrew VMF-323 1st Lt Bud Yount and Lt Dusty Faust Korea 1951 03

 Aircrew VMF-323 1st Lt Bud Yount and Lt Dusty Faust Korea 1951 04

 Aircrew VMF-323 1st Lt Bud Yount and Lt Dusty Faust Korea 1951 05

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40, 43, 44 and 47 over Okinawa 10th June 1945 01

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40, 43, 44 and 47 over Okinawa 10th June 1945 02

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40, 43, 44 and 47 over Okinawa 10th June 1945 03

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40, 43, 44 and 47 over Okinawa 10th June 1945 04

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40 firing a salvo of rockets over Okinawa Japan Apr 1945 01

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40 firing a salvo of rockets over Okinawa Japan Apr 1945 02

 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 40 firing a salvo of rockets over Okinawa Japan Apr 1945 03

 VMF-323 USN ordnance personnel loading rockets and napalm aboard CVE- 116 USS Badoeng Strait off Korea 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMA-323 White WS22 and WS25 over Korea circa 1953 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers based at Chosin Resorvoir South Korea Nov 1950 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers based at K1 Pusan South Korea 1951 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers White 18 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers White WS16 and WS5 based at K1 Pusan South Korea 1951 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers White WS24 Korea 01

 Vought AU-1 Corsair VMF-323 Deathrattlers White WS6 based at K1 Pusan South Korea 1951 01

 Vought F4U-1 Corsair VMF-323 White F217 most likely Cherry Point NC 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsairs VMF-323 White K91 and K87 in formation 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 19 taxing mishap 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-323 White 28 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WS20 BuNo 62933 over Korea 1952 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WS20 BuNo 62933 over Korea 1952 02

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WS23 off the Korean coast 14th Nov 1950 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WS5 and WS4 CVE- 116 USS Badoeng Strait off Korea in Dec 1950 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WS5 BuNo 097406 landing mishap Korea 18th Sep 1952 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMA-323 White WSxx CVE- 116 USS Badoeng Strait off Korea in Dec 1950 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 USS Badoeng Strait Korea 14th Nov 1950 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WS24 BuNo 97454 bogged at K1 Pusan South Korea 29th Apr 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WS24 BuNo 97454 bogged at K1 Pusan South Korea 29th Apr 1951 02

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WS5 BuNo 63025 at K1 Pusan South Korea 29th Apr 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WS5 BuNo 63025 at K1 Pusan South Korea 29th Apr 1951 02

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WSx BuNo taking off at K1 Pusan South Korea 18th Nov 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4B Corsair VMF-323 White WSxx landing K1 South Korea circa 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 Capt Bernard H Williams aboard USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 nose art 0A

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 onboard CVE- 118 USS Sicily at Sasebo Nagasaki 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 White WS18 onboard CVE- 118 USS Sicily at Sasebo Nagasaki 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 White WS2 Korea 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMA-323 White WS2 Korea landing accident 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 BuNo 81150 CV-45 USS Valley Forge circa early 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 remains at the graveyard at MCAS Sasebo Japan 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS18 BuNo 96848 landing mishap CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS23 preparing for launch CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS28 CVE- 118 USS Sicily Korea 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS28 preparing for lunch CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS28 preparing for lunch CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 02

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS5 and WS6 at MCAS El Toro during 1949 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS5 assembly mishap CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323 White WS5 preparing for launch CVE- 118 USS Sicily 1951 01

 Vought F4U-5 Corsair VMA-323 White WS16 BuNo 129401 Korea 1952 01

 Vought F4U-5 Corsair VMA-323 White WS8 Korea 1952 01

 Vought F4U-5 Corsair VMA-323 White WS9 Korea 1952 01

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

Chronology of the USN in WWII

  1939   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944   1945

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  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
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  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U Corsair
  • http://warbirdregistry.org/corsairregistry/corsairregistry.html
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

 

This webpage was updated 11th June 2021

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