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Seventeen Goodyear-built aircraft would receive the XF2G or F2G designation representing seven pre-production airframes for XF2G-1 aircraft, BuNos 13471, 13472, and 14691 to 14695. This was to be followed by ten production aircraft F2G-1 BuNos 88454 to 88458 and F2G-2 BuNos 88459 to 88463.

The Warbird Tech book Vought F4U Corsair Volume 4, on page 93 states: “The R-4360 engine, an entirely new design over the R-2800, came with different induction, exhaust, supercharger, and intercooler controls which in turn altered some of the cockpit layout.”

My favorite F2G reference source was the Motorbooks International – Warbird History, F4U Corsair by Nicholas A. Veronico with John M. and Donna Campbell, published in 1994. They have dedicated some great full-page photographs to the subject and given much better insight into the genealogy of the aircraft than any other reference I have read.

The Super Corsair frequently appears as an afterthought or historical note. It is usually buried in the text of the many F4U Corsair books and articles as a general comment or interesting picture. This made it difficult to understand the entire context of the subject.