F4U-1A (BuNo 17652) Ens. Frederick J. ‘Big Jim’ Streig, November 1943. Streig served two combat tours with VF-17 ‘Jolly Rogers’ and finished with 6 confirmed aerial victories. The aircraft depicted is from his first tour, and is a pretty typical F4U-1A and...
F4U-1A (BuNo 17652) Ens. Frederick J. ‘Big Jim’ Streig, November 1943. As can be found in many photos of VF-17 aircraft (White 5 & 7 are widely published examples), insignia outlines exhibit two tonal values, which red would not do. By late 1943...
