Name: The American Fighter That Crushed Japan's Zero | F4U Corsair vs A6M Zero
Uploaded: 2026-07-24
Duration: 4 min 23 s

The American Fighter That Crushed Japan's Zero | F4U Corsair vs A6M Zero

American Unsung Heroes · July 24, 2026 · 4:23 · English · Documentary

Video from the channel American Unsung Heroes about Vought F4U Corsair, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:23. Language: English. Video type: Documentary.

Brief piece contrasting the Vought F4U Corsair with the Mitsubishi A6M Zero in the Pacific War. At the start of the conflict, the Zero — light, agile and long-ranged — outturned American fighters, to the point that pilots were ordered not to engage it in close turning combat.

The Corsair, with its inverted gull wing, 13-foot propeller and 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp engine, debuted over the Solomon Islands in February 1943 with VMF-124. It made the most of its speed, around 417 mph against the Zero's roughly 331, with diving attacks followed by a climb.

According to the video, it achieved a kill ratio of about 11 to 1, was built until 1952, and served in Korea and Central America into the 1960s.

The American Fighter That Crushed Japan's Zero | F4U Corsair vs A6M Zero

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