I couldn’t find anything about how this particular plane was made, but the famous zeros were mostly made of a thin aluminum alloy, which would be easily bent out of usable shape, if not destroyed entirely by a much thicker aluminum propeller on the Corsair.
tovarishchi t1_jcrs62d wrote
Reply to comment by ulyssesfiuza in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
I couldn’t find anything about how this particular plane was made, but the famous zeros were mostly made of a thin aluminum alloy, which would be easily bent out of usable shape, if not destroyed entirely by a much thicker aluminum propeller on the Corsair.