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Caption | A badly damaged F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron 216 flown by a wounded Lt Robert Marshall managed to return safely to Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons after an encounter with a swarm of A6M Zeros over Rabaul, New Britain, Dec 19 1943. Photo 2 of 5. ww2dbase | ||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories | ||||||||
Date | 19 Dec 1943 | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via VMF216.com | ||||||||
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Photos in Series | See all 5 photos in this series | ||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 19 Dec 1943 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. Please support Robert Marshall, Jr. and John Kemper's effort with their VMF216.com project. Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Photo Size | 900 x 644 pixels |
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