AU-1 Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-212 at Gimpo airfield near Seoul, Korea, 1952

Historical Information
Caption     AU-1 Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-212 at Gimpo airfield near Seoul, Korea, 1952 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Seoul, Korea
Date  1952
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseAustralian War Memorial
Identification Code   P00660.014
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 624 x 399 pixels



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1. Art Bush says:
19 Apr 2018 03:55:24 AM

I have a picture of my father flying this "bird" when he was with Squadron VMF-212 in Korea. In my picture of this plane it was armed to the "teeth", in fact my Dad had written on the back, "Loaded for bear".
If you'd like a copy of the picture just get back to me and I will send one to you. Art

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