Keywords: F4U-1 VF-17 CV-17 1943 NAN2-69.jpg A Vought F4U-1 Corsair assigned to U S Navy fighter squadron VF-17 bouncing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill CV-17 in 1943 The bad landing characteristics of the early F4Us led to the banning of the F4U from carrier decks up to 1944 F4U-2 and 1945 F4U-1A/D U S Navy Naval Aviation News February 1969 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1969/Feb69 pdf 1943 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F4U-1 Corsair Aboard USS Bunker Hill CV-17 Aircraft carrier landings Fighter Squadron 61 United States Navy |