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 3 of 5.

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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 3 of 5. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories
Date 19 Dec 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
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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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 900 x 1,054 pixels



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1. Bill says:
6 May 2014 04:24:16 PM

ZEROS (1) CORSAIRS (0): LIVED TO TELL THE TALE

The F4U Corsair was a powerful fighter with its
6 x .50 caliber machine guns. However, In the hands of a veteran pilot, the A6M Zero was still a deadly combat aircraft.
Zero pilots would use the 7.7mm machine guns for ranging, and get in close with the 20mm cannons. This action didn't say the type of zeros that were in the dogfight.
Could it have been the older A6M2-21, or Model 22(Zeke)maybe even the A6M3 Model 32 (Hamp)and A6M5 Model 52 (Zeke)

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