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| Wheeled version of an OS2U-2 Kingfisher being prepared for test flights at the Vought factory in Stratford, Connecticut, United States, 1940. | A security guard standing among OS2U-3 Kingfishers staged for delivery to the US Navy, Stratford, Connecticut, United States, early 1942 | Near-finished F4U Corsair fighter at the Chance-Vought factory in Stratford, Connecticut, United States, Mar 1943 | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 engine in a Goodyear FG-1 Corsair, Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Stratford, Connecticut, United States, 3-5 Jun 2005 |
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