Hellcats & Corsairs

[Jack Cook]

F4U-1A VMF-214 Torokina Boneyard 1944

F4U-1A VMF-212 3 point landing

F4U-1A VMF-212 1944

LTjg Jim Schiller in a F6F-3 of VF-5 takes off from the USS Yorktown 1943.

Lt John Carey's F4F at Midway.

F4U-1

[Lightjug]

Nice pics Jack, thank you for sharing. I love #3 with someone underneath the Corsair catching some shade. Had to do a double take on the Wildcat, thought it was a winter pic for a second

[fotobass]

Nice pics Jack, thank you for sharing. I love #3 with someone underneath the Corsair catching some shade.

Disagree. He's clearly on his cell phone.

[Lightjug]

Nice pics Jack, thank you for sharing. I love #3 with someone underneath the Corsair catching some shade.

Disagree. He's clearly on his cell phone.

I stand corrected

[Cripes]

Lovely

[Steve Nelson]

Man, that crushed coral is bright! If it weren't for the guy in shorts in the background, I'd swear that wrecked Wildcat is in the snow..

SN

[Jack Cook]

Man, that crushed coral is bright!

Lou Kittel who commanded the 70th FS on Guadalcanal and flew the early night intercepts there with 2 kills said you could see the airfields at night from many miles away!

[The Inspector]

Am I correct in assuming that the pilot of CORSAIR #16 wasn't able to advance to round 2 of the weekly spot landing contest?

[Tom Moungovan]

Great historical photos as usual Jack, thanks.
Torokina was right near the water, Empress Augusta Bay, on Bougainville, while the other two fighter strips, Piva North and South, were a little more inland. Parallel to each other, they were also named Piva Yoke and Piva Uncle IIRC.
All fine photos, thanks again.