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Jack Cook
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LTjg Jim Schiller in a F6F-3 of VF-5 takes off from the USS Yorktown 1943.
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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 :lol:
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Lightjug wrote:
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.

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Lightjug wrote:
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 :D :D
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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..

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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!

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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?

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Tom Moungovan
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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.
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