F4U-1A (BuNo 17740) Major Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, Commanding Officer, VMF-214, Vella Lavella, December, 1943. This aircraft is a pretty typical F4U-1A and has the early 6501A-0 propeller. This Corsair has several unusual marking variations however, one...
F4U-1A (BuNo 55995) Lt.(jg) Ira C. ‘Ike’ Kepford, VF-17, Piva Yoke airfield, Bougainville, Solomons, March 1944. Kepford was officially credited with shooting down 16 Japanese aircraft during his 76 days of flying combat with VF-17 over two tours, which at...
P-47D-1-RE, 42-7890, Maj. Duane W “Bee” Beeson, 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron, USAAF. Debden, England, December 1943. Duane W. Beeson flew with the RAF’s No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron before transfering to the USAAF 8th Air Force in September...
P-47D-15-RE Serial Number 42-75864 Col. Hubert ‘Hub’ Zemke, CO 56th F.G. February, 1944. Hub Zemke was one of the pre-eminent fighter commanders in the ETO in World War II. He flew 154 combat missions, was an ace with 17.75 confirmed air-to-air victories,...
Curtiss Hawk H81-A-2, P-8103, #3 of the A.V.G. First Squadron, J. Richard ‘Dick’ Rossi, Rangoon, China, February 1942. John Richard ‘Dick’ Rossi resigned his U.S. Navy commission in 1941 to join the American Volunteer Group (A.V.G.) under the...
