About This File
FSX VMA-312 Marines F4U1A Corsair. A repaint of Guy Hulin's Vought F-4 Corsair (CORSF4U7.ZIP) updated for Flight Simulator X. This aircraft was flown by Capt. Jesse G. Folmar while aboard the USS Bataan in 1952. The Checkerboards VMA-312 would make history when VMA-312 pilot Capt. Jesse G. Folmar became the first American to shoot down a jet fighter with a propeller-driven aircraft. Folmar was able to down one of a pair of MiG-1 S which attacked him and his wingman on 10th September 1952. This aircraft includes pictures and history. Textures and FSX updates by Mark Rooks of RDG.