This book describes the development of the legendary F4U Corsair,
and follows it into battle from Guadalcanal to the Indian Ocean, Central
Pacific Ocean, Korea, Africa, and Central America, and throughout
its lengthy military career into Korea. Also included are chapters
on the most decorated Corsair pilots, surviving examples of various
models, as well as detailed appendices, and the author s own detailed
line schemes and maps. A total of 2,814 F4U-1, F4U-1A, and
F4U-2 Corsairs were constructed and delivered. Musciano s book describes
how this naval fighter was transformed to perform a myriad
of functions for which it was never intended.