Ike Kepford's Corsair

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:21 pm

A long day for both of them!

Sorta messed up!

Better days at Ondongo by the VF-17 OPS shack.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:10 am

Take it down to the detailer, that'll buff right out-

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:04 pm

Geez Jack, where do find these jewels? :shock:

All my years of seeing the same batch of VF-17 pictures over and over, and I never even know Kepford's Corsair broke its back like that. I read the book, but don't recall the story behind that damage. I wonder what the story is behind thise blacked out "kill" flags?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:32 pm

Rob did you know that #29's first pilot was "Dirty Eddie" March and carried his name and kills under the canopy and his nickname painted on the verticle stab :idea:

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:05 pm

I did have Ltjg "Dirty Eddie" March on my VF-17 Bureau Numbers list showing that he had shared the plane (BuNo.17684), but didn't know whether it was before, during, after, or what. Very cool stuff!

Django · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:41 pm

Whoa, that will take some elbow grease for sure!

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