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| Title | Corsair - On a Trailer |
| Description | A completed Corsair airplane ready to be pulled out of a Goodyear Aircraft hanger onto the runway. During the last three years of World War II (1942-1945), Goodyear Aircraft built approximately 4,000 FG-1D Corsair airplanes for the Navy and Marine Corps, plus 18 of the later F-2G model. The Corsair had the most powerful engine and largest propeller of any fighter plane, reaching a speed of 400 mph. Distinctive features of the FG-1D Corsair include: a deep blue color, a whistling noise during flight (nicknamed the "Whistling Death" by the Japanese), and "gull wings" which folded up to allow more of them to be packed onto aircraft carriers. Approximately 35,000 men and women were employed by Goodyear Aircraft during its Corsair manufacturing period. Many of employees came from outside the state of Ohio, such as, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana. A large percentage of the Goodyear Aircraft employees were women. These women, known as "Rosie the Riveters" took the place of men who were fighting overseas. Approximately, six million women supported the war effort by working in manufacturing plants across the country. |
| Subject | Goodyear Aircraft
Aviation
Corsairs
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| Contributors | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Date | 1940s |
| Type | Image
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| Format | 10 in. x 8 in. |
| Identifier | 1999-2-39 |
| Source | LC_Corsair_Trailer.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | General Photograph Collection
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
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