The Vaught F4U Corsair was WWII fighter that actually continued production after the war. It was manufactured by Vaught, Goodyear and Brewster. In action in the Pacific, it was flown from land bases, and later from carriers. It was known to the Japanese as "Whistling Death" because of the sound of the air through the oil coolers. It had a phenomenal kill ratio of 11 to 1 against the Japanese. There was one other American fighter aircraft that had a kill ratio significantly higher...19 to 1...what was it and who was the manufacturer?
P.S. I would highly recommend the book "Whistling Death", the story of the development of the Corsair, written by the test pilot, Boone T. Guyton. There is also another book that I highly recommend to you WWII buffs, entitled "Reach for the Sky", the story of a legless British pilot who flew Spitfires against the Germans using artificial legs. His name was Douglas Bader, and he lost his legs in a crash while showing off for some girls. He was a good pilot, and the British, being desperate for pilots, put him back in a fighter plane where he shot down something like 20 German aircraft.
