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Originally Posted by flipper35
The Mustang and Corsair stayed in inventory longer because they were also good ground attack platforms. A bit like the F4 Phantom had long inventory times because it was versatile. The Hellcat was a great adversary to the Japanese planes and freed the Corsair to carry the ground attack role and overcome its carrier teething problems. There were many Japanese pilots met their end thinking the Hellcat was a Wildcat due to the similar shapes and fighting them in the vertical.
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I knew of the Corsair's air-to-ground capabilities, not as familiar with the Mustang's. Probably due to the fact that the USMC flew F4Us vice P-51s.