Catch22
Major
Hey guys,
I'm looking for as many photos as possible of the F4U-1A BuNo 17740 of VMF-214. So far I've found these, plus a photo of the starboard side of it taxiing. I also have the following info about the aircraft:
17740 ran out of fuel and ditched adjacent to Melip Village, Malekula Island, unknown date.
The photos with the pilots posing around it with the St. Louis Cardinals caps and bats were taken on December 27, 1943.
I'm hoping to find a photo that shows whether or not the aircraft had another star without the bars on the top of the starboard wing. The photo I have in the book shows it lacking that star, but as is obvious in the photos I've provided it did have a star on both wings on the bottom.
Thanks!
I'm looking for as many photos as possible of the F4U-1A BuNo 17740 of VMF-214. So far I've found these, plus a photo of the starboard side of it taxiing. I also have the following info about the aircraft:
17740 ran out of fuel and ditched adjacent to Melip Village, Malekula Island, unknown date.
The photos with the pilots posing around it with the St. Louis Cardinals caps and bats were taken on December 27, 1943.
I'm hoping to find a photo that shows whether or not the aircraft had another star without the bars on the top of the starboard wing. The photo I have in the book shows it lacking that star, but as is obvious in the photos I've provided it did have a star on both wings on the bottom.
Thanks!