Although outclassed by the new generation of jet fighters mainly used in close air support during the Korean War, some U.S. F4U Corsairs bravely launched to counter North Korea's night raiders in the early hours of the war.
LT Guy Bordelon became the only ace of the war in a F4U-5N nightfighter, a radial engine WWII fighter plane.
Warren Thompson, in his book "F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War" recounts how Capt. Jesse Folmar, flying a Corsair from VMA-312, destroyed one of two MiG-15s that bounced him and his wingman on Sep. 10, 1952.
But, the question has to be asked... could a Corsair hold it's own against 8 MiG-15's? Let's find out:
Outstanding video and narration. Great heroism and duty to country
I wish my dad was still living to read this. He flew Corsairs in the Pacific and again in Korea. Ted Williams, the famous Red Sox baseball player was in Daddy's squadron