TYPE: Land and Carrier-based night fighter

ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only

POWER PLANT: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 Double Wasp, rated at 2,000 h.p.

PERFORMANCE: 417 m.p.h. at 19,900 ft

COMMENT: This night and bad-weather version of the F4U-1 was equipped with a AN/APS-6 radar in a fairing on the outer starboard wing. About 32 F4U-1s were modified as F4U-2N night fighters