How fast were propeller planes during landing on aircraft carriers during WW2?
The stall speed of the F4U Corsair may be 89mph, and a safe approach speed might be 95-100mph, but that's airspeed... Measured with reference to the carrier deck, you have to substract 20mph headwind (nothing unusual at sea) and also around 30 mph of the carrier own speed. Hence, that plane touched down at a sedate 45-50 mph, with respect to the carrier deck...