Corsair

This story is about the F4-U Corsair that was developed for the navy as a carrier plane by Chance Vought Aircraft in 1938. This plane was introduced into World War II in 1943 as a land based aircraft and was assigned to a Marine fighter squadron VMF-124. The aircraft was later accepted by the Navy as a carrier plane and VMF-124 retrained and took it aboard the Carrier USS Essex on Christmas day 1944.  Ledesma the author weaves a warm story of love and war to provide the reader with an exciting action filled story. The characters Pete Martin and Bob Jones were created to tell the story. The remaining cast of characters and events are preserved in their rightful place in history.