31.01.2008, 19:28
Thought I'd open it up!
1st Lt. Rolland N. Rinabarger of VMF-214 in his early F4U-1 Corsair at Espiritu Santo in September 1943. Badly shot up by Zeros during an early mission to Kahili only two weeks after this photo was taken, Lt. Rinabarger returned to the United States for lengthy treatment. He was still in California when the war ended. Note the large mud spray on the aft under fuselage.
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1st Lt. Rolland N. Rinabarger of VMF-214 in his early F4U-1 Corsair at Espiritu Santo in September 1943. Badly shot up by Zeros during an early mission to Kahili only two weeks after this photo was taken, Lt. Rinabarger returned to the United States for lengthy treatment. He was still in California when the war ended. Note the large mud spray on the aft under fuselage.