[PAR] [TLE] Donald N. Aldrich [SEP] Donald Nathan Aldrich (24 October 1917 – 3 May 1947) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve captain and World War II flying ace.  With 20 victories, Aldrich was the fifth-highest-scoring Marine Corps ace of the war.  He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force after the United States Army Air Corps refused him because he was married.  Aldrich became an instructor pilot and transferred to the United States Marine Corps in late 1942.  He joined VMF-215 in the Solomon Islands campaign in June 1943, flying the Vought F4U Corsair.  Aldrich added to his 20 victories in three combat tours with six probables, the highest total number of probables in the Marine Corps.  Postwar, Aldrich continued to serve in the Marine Corps and was killed in a 1947 plane crash. [PAR] [TLE] Vought F4U Corsair [SEP] The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.  Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A.  From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–53).
[PAR] [TLE] Donald N. Aldrich [ SEP ] Donald Nathan Aldrich ( 24 October 1917 – 3 May 1947 ) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve captain and World War II flying ace . With 20 victories , Aldrich was the fifth - highest - scoring Marine Corps ace of the war . He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force after the United States Army Air Corps refused him because he was married . Aldrich became an instructor pilot and transferred to the United States Marine Corps in late 1942 . He joined VMF-215 in the Solomon Islands campaign in June 1943 , flying the Vought F4U Corsair . Aldrich added to his 20 victories in three combat tours with six probables , the highest total number of probables in the Marine Corps . Postwar , Aldrich continued to serve in the Marine Corps and was killed in a 1947 plane crash . [PAR] [TLE] Vought F4U Corsair [ SEP ] The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War . Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought 's manufacturing capability , resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster : Goodyear - built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster - built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940 , to final delivery in 1953 to the French , 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured , in 16 separate models , in the longest production run of any piston - engined fighter in U.S. history ( 1942–53 ) .
Which fighter plane, also flown by United States Marine Corps World War 2 fighter ace Donald N. Aldrich, held the longest production run of any piston-engine fighter in U.S. history?
Which fighter plane , also flown by United States Marine Corps World War 2 fighter ace Donald N. Aldrich , held the longest production run of any piston - engine fighter in U.S. history ?
Vought F4U Corsair
Vought F4U Corsair