[Dixiecapt]

badaboom I actually (with permission) edited HITP so that the Player would be in VMF-213 (skins and all) as they were at most of the campaigns in PhilK's HITP.

Whats really fun is packing together some Midway Missions, with the (Birdbrains?) Cactus Diary's, followed by this campaign, and then the whole HITP Series. Talk about a Marine Corp Pilot Carear through the whole war!

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Ok IF you are interested in the History of this Campaign, there are two good things you should Read...

One Up the Slot Is about the New Georgia/Rendova Invasions
Link: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/.../index.htm

The Other A Time Of Aces is about the air war in the solomons
Link: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/.../index.htm
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Here are some Pictures from these works if F4U-1s..... All Credit to the Authors of such above.









The national insignia on his Corsair is outlined in red, a short-lived attempt to regain that color from the prewar marking after the red circle was deleted following Pearl Harbor to avoid confusion with the Japanese "meatball." Even this small amount of red was deceptive, however, and by mid-1944, it was gone from the insignia again. Note the large mud spray on the aft under fuselage.




A good closeup of a Wildcat's cockpit and the aircraft's captain on Guadalcanal. Although this F4F displays 19 Japanese flags, it is doubtful that it flew with these since such a large scoreboard would have attracted unwanted attention from the Japanese.




1stLt Ken Walsh of VMF-124 connects his radio lead to his flight helmet before a mission in 1943. He was the first F4U pilot to be decorated with the Medal of Honor, for a mission on 30 August 1943, during which he shot down four Japanese Zeros before ditching his borrowed Corsair.National Archives photo 80-G-54291


This VMF-124 F4U-1, No.13, was flown by 1stLt Ken Walsh during his first combat tour in which he became the first Corsair-mounted ace. Profile by Larry Lapadura, courtesy of the artist



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VMF-213 HELLHAWKS HISTORICAL ACES

VMF-213 (all kills in F4Us):
Lieutenant Colonel Gregory J. Weissenberger. 5 victories.
Major James N. Cupp. 12 victories.
Captain Sheldon O. Hall. 6 victories.
Captain John L. Morgan, Jr. 8.5 victories.
Captain Edward O. Shaw. 14.5 victories.
Captain Wilbur J. Thomas. 18.5 victories.


Henderson Field-Night. Watercolor by Sgt Hugh Laidman in the Marine Corps Art Collection