File:Vought F4U-1A Corsairs of VF-17 in flight, circa in March 1944 (80-G-217817).jpg

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Description 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.
Date circa March 1944
date QS:P,+1944-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/(Archive) February 1969, p. 27; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. NNAM.2011.003.272.009; Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-217817 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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