Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

John O'Connor's Vought F4U-7 Corsair, BuNo. 133710, which had suffered an engine failure-induced take-off crash due to a faulty carburetor on May 19, 2019, at the Jerome County Airport (KJER), in ...