{"id":67,"date":"2012-05-05T23:34:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2022-07-19T21:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T02:43:14","slug":"vought-f4u-5n-corsair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/?page_id=67","title":{"rendered":"Vought F4U-5N Corsair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Major Greg (&#8220;Pappy&#8221;) Boyington, whose exploits were depicted in his book and TV show entitled &#8220;Baa Baa Black Sheep&#8221;, helped to ensure the &#8220;Bent Wing Bird&#8217;s&#8221; place in history. Early versions wrought havoc against the Japanese during World War II. The &#8220;Dash 5&#8221; was loved by every infantryman who fought the communist invaders during the Korean War. Our example flew combat missions during that war. The Corsair&#8217;s combination of bombs, rockets and lethal cannon fire denied the enemy the use of road convoys and railways during daylight. It was also a very successful night fighter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97\" title=\"33135_PC_Corsair_Page_1\" src=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_11.jpg 850w, https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_11-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-100\" title=\"33135_PC_Corsair_Page_2\" src=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_22.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_22-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_22-1024x662.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" title=\"33135_PC_Corsair_Page_3\" src=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_32.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_32-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/33135_PC_Corsair_Page_32-1024x662.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos of the Vought F4U-5N Corsair Dash 5<\/p>\n<p>[print_gllr id=196]<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by George Alarm Company\u2028Springfield, Illinois\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0217-525-1335<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Greg (&#8220;Pappy&#8221;) Boyington, whose exploits were depicted in his book and TV show entitled &#8220;Baa Baa Black Sheep&#8221;, helped to ensure the &#8220;Bent Wing Bird&#8217;s&#8221; place in history. Early versions wrought havoc against the Japanese during World War II. The &#8220;Dash 5&#8221; was loved by every infantryman who fought the communist invaders during the Korean War. Our example flew combat missions during that war. The Corsair&#8217;s combination of bombs, rockets and lethal cannon fire denied the enemy the use of road convoys and railways during daylight. It was also a very successful night fighter. Photos of the Vought F4U-5N Corsair Dash 5 [print_gllr id=196] Sponsored by George Alarm Company\u2028Springfield, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/?page_id=67\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/684"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aircombatmuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}