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    The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role...
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    Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought-Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace (part of Ling-Temco-Vought), Vought Aircraft Companies, and Vought Aircraft Industries. The first...
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    XPTBH, Northrop BT (which became the Douglas SBD Dauntless), Vought SB2U Vindicator and Vought XSB3U. Citations Baugher 2009 Dann 1996, p.20. Doll 1992,...
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    The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane. It was a compact mid-wing monoplane, with a large central float and...
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  • (withdrawn 1943) Vought SB2U Vindicator - Carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf - Carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 -...
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    The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor...
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    The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This...
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    The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American...
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    The Vought YA-7F "Strikefighter" is a prototype transonic attack aircraft based on the subsonic A-7 Corsair II. Two prototypes were converted from A-7Ds...
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    SBD-2 Dauntless (VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson†, USMC) 17 Chance-Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator (VMSB-241, Major Benjamin W. Norris†, USMC) Navy Air Units...
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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured...
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    The Vought XF3U was the prototype of a two-seat, all-metal biplane fighter, built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas, Texas for the United States Navy...
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    The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II. Both the V-173...
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  • the Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake 1000, a crane ship Vought Chesapeake, a British name for the Vought SB2U Vindicator Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a breed of...
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    heroism in World War II during the Battle of Midway. Fleming piloted a Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber in an attack on the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. Richard...
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    The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy...
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    The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance...
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  • dive bomber Vought SB2U Vindicator carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 experimental...
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    the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, the only Vought SB2U Vindicator Scout-Bomber known to exist, the Grumman F6F Hellcat Fighter...
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    Scout Timm N2T Tutor Vought A-7 Corsair II Vought F4U-4 Corsair Vought F7U Cutlass Vought F-8 Crusader Vought OS2U Kingfisher Vought SB2U Vindicator Vultee...
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    The Vought/General Dynamics Model 1600 series was a fighter aircraft proposal for the United States Navy's Navy Air Combat Fighter (NACF) program. The...
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  • Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a large American conglomerate which existed from 1961 to 2001. At its peak, it was involved in aerospace, airlines, electronics...
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  • 15,678 Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber 1940 retired 1979 12,571 Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber 1936 retired 1945 260 Vought TBU/Consolidated...
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    production as a result of the competition included the Brewster SBA, the Vought SB2U Vindicator, and the Northrop BT-1, the last of which would evolve into...
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    Marine Corps stationed 19 Douglas SBD Dauntless, seven F4F-3 Wildcats, 17 Vought SB2U Vindicators, and 21 Brewster F2A Buffalos. The USAAF contributed a squadron...
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    The Vought VE-7 "Bluebird" was an early biplane of the United States. First flying in 1917, it was designed as a two-seat trainer for the United States...
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    The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and...
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    Thomas S. Gates cancelled the project. At the time of the cancelation, Vought had completed 20 missiles with 27 more on the production line. The airframe...
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    The Vought O2U Corsair was a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft. Developed by Vought Corporation, the O2U was ordered by the United States Navy...
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    The Vought F6U Pirate was the Vought company's first jet fighter, designed for the United States Navy during the mid-1940s. Although pioneering the use...
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