Early Birdcage Corsairs were determined to be unsuitable for carrier operations in the Pacific. However, the Marines gladly pressed this high performance fighter into service as part of their island hopping campaign.

My Bonnie       BuNo Unknown     White 7    VMF-124      May 1943

Spirit of ’76    BuNo 02714       White 76    VMF-215    August 1943

Pilot: Maj Robert G Owens Jr. Co of the unit

BuNo Unknown      17-F-13     VF-17    August 1943