Due to technical issues with early aircraft carriers and the primitive landing methods, the F4U Corsair almost was never used for it's intended role. The Navy instead gave the plane to the Marines, who flew it with such distinction that modifications were made to make it more suitable for carrier landing.
Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II, and the U.S. Navy counted an 11:1 kill ratio with the F4U Corsair.
From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured by Vought, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–53).
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On a sidenote, I find it incredibly sad that you usually only find these types of historical documentaries on the international History channel. Our version basically shows trash that has nothing to do with history and the H2 channel, our version of the international one, was discontinued in the United States on February 29, 2016 in favor of the new Viceland channel.
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