Corsair delivered to New York’s Intrepid Museum

New York’s Intrepid Museum took delivery of former US Navy Goodyear FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92013 on October 1. The 1945-built exhibit is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. Currently painted to represent Lt Cdr Tom Blackburn’s VF-17 F4U-1A Big Hog, it will now be used to tell the story of Alfred Lerch, a decorated Corsair pilot who flew from the Intrepid with VF-10. Aged 22, Lerch achieved ‘ace in a day’ status on April 16,