PROFILE # 150

THE CHANCE VOUGHT F4U-4 to F4U-7 CORSAIR

(JAY FRANK DIAL)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition, summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers and collectors alike.

Contents:

Single-page of Camouflage Illustrations of Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair of United States Marine Corps training squadron VMFT-20 based at MCAS Cherry Point in 1952

The Corsair’s Structure

            The Corsair Variants

            F4U-5

            AU-1

            F4U-7

            Korean War Corsair Squadrons

            Principal Dimensions

            Single-page Camouflage Profiles of the F4U-4 [x4], AU-1, F4U-5 [x2] & F4U-7 and associated Insignia

            Performance

            Production Figures

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, there are no staples as this issue is bound by adhesive – having originated from a bound volume.  Rubbing is evident along the length of the spine crease.  Some ink staining on the spine area of the back cover page from the front page of copy bound below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed. 

Publication:  1967