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| Keywords: F4U-1As VF-17 NAN2-69.jpg U S Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsairs of Fighter Squadron 17 VF-17 Jolly Rogers in the Southwest Pacific possibly over Bougainville in early March 1944 Plane no 29 is BuNo 55995 flown by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira C Kepford then the Navy's leading Ace with sixteen kills Pilot of plane no 8 is thought to be Hal Jackson Plane no 3 flown by Jim Streig has an odd star and bar insignia perhaps with the red outline that was replaced with blue the previous summer The photo is dated 15 April 1944 but was probably taken early in the previous month U S Navy Naval Aviation News February 1969 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1969/Feb69 pdf; http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 52547 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2011 003 272 009; Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-217000/80-G-217817 html 80-G-217817 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1944-03 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F4U-1 Corsair Fighter Squadron 61 United States Navy Aerial photographs of military aircraft in flight | ||||
