Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "Black Sheep Patrol" by Peter Chilelli Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "P-40 Flying Tiger" by Piotr Forkasiewicze and Adam Tooby Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "B5N2 Attacks Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor" by Julien Lepelletier Lance Kuhn adds: Lieutenant Tsuyoshi Nagai from the Soryu led a group of 8 B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bombers and dropped his torpedo against the Helena on the 1010 dock. The concussion from the explosion opened up the old minelayer Oglala sinking the latter. He also thought it was a battleship. The second pilot PO1c Juzo Mori, seen here, aborted his run when he realized that the ship Nagai dropped on was not a battleship and swung around and joined a string from the Kaga and dropped his torpedo on the California. Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) MITSUBISHI A6M3 model 32 zero 204th Kokutaï Rabaul April 43. Eduard box art by Piotr Forkasiewicz Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "A6M2 Zero Type 21" by Piotr Forkasiewicz Artwork by Piotr Forkasiewicz! These are A6M2b Type 0 Model 21 Kansen ‘Zeros’ of Lt Cdr Shigeru Itaya’s 2nd Chutai from the Akagi during their first wave strafing attack on a B-17 landing at Hickam Field on December 7th 1941. Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "Pappy" by Jim Laurier Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "The Black Sheep" by Nicolas Trudgian Captures the scene at Vella Lavella as Pappy Boyington leads his VMF-214 'Black Sheep' Squadron off the island strip to escort a B-17 Fortress raid on Rabaul in December 1943. Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyington's Marine Corps VMF-214 'Black Sheep' Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyington's spirited leadership, the 'Black Sheep' pilots were accorded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations awarded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific. With the American forces pushing up through the South Pacific, the First Marine Air Wing was urgently looking for a seasoned fighter pilot to form a unit to take the brand new F4U into combat. Boyington had the experience - he had become an Ace flying with Chennault's 'Flying Tigers' in China - and the rank to lead a squadron; he also had the reputation as an aggressive fighter leader, and was a natural choice for the job. Recruiting pilots from the reserve pool, together with others awaiting assignment to squadrons, the 30 year-old Boyington - dubbed "Pappi" by his group of young pilots - knocked them into one of the most effective fighter units in the South Pacific. In their first twelve weeks of operation they brought down 97 Japanese aircraft, no fewer than 95 of which were enemy fighters. During this period they lost only 11 pilots. VMF-214 saw action at Guadalcanal, the northern Solomons, and Vella Lavella; they were the first to strafe Kahili, the first to operate from the field at Munda while it was still under enemy artillery fire, and the first to lead fighter sweeps over Rabaul. Boyington led his 'Black Sheep' pilots through two combat tours before being brought down himself and taken prisoner. On his last mission he shot down three Zeros, bringing his final tally to 28. He was to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) Anthony Cowland - "Corsairs and an Avenger on the deck of a British Pacific Fleet carrier" Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) "Splash One Zero" by Mark Donoghue Edited July 12, 2023 by Mysticpuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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