User blog comment:Leader1623/Best singled engined bombers of WWII/@comment-12271231-20151021201051/@comment-14850713-20151025052806

Rth, I don't know what you meant by "never for ground attack" re the Corsair because that was its primary mission (and it did fly 15% of its sorties from carriers). Both the Hellcat and Corsair came into service at the same time ("late in the war"?) and flew almost the same number of missions (66,000 for the F6F vs. 64,0000 for the F4U). So while the Hellcat, as the better pure fighter, can perform better in the fighter-bomber role, the Corsair was the better ground-attack aircraft/bomber. Proof of the pudding is that it was selected to be the Navy's dedicated ground-attack fighter after WWII, while the Hellcat was retired in favor of the Bearcat.