I'm going to have to ask my dad what the colors were of his Korean War era F4U Corsiars they flew off the Phillipine Sea were painted--all of his photos are in black and white!
Casey
Here's the one it's based off of. It was VBF-85 off of USS Shangri-La (CV-38)
http://www.vbf-85.com/ It's likely in your Dad's era that they were all Gloss Blue with the large white tail markings as the air wings reorganized like this one.