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Originally Posted by olife
very nice thread foz!!!
and very nice collection!!!fantastic!! ,your corsair "3" withe must be the plane of enseign FREDERICK J.STREIG of VF17 ,in 1944 ,i think.strangly in 1944 ,the streig's corsair had still the red lines around the US nationality roundels,in fact these red lines were painted during a short time in a middle of 1943,but quickly suppressed because of the resemblence with the japanese HINOMARU.
the 29 must be the plane of IRA C.KEPFORD ,VF17 too ,bougainville ,january 1944.
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Thank you for your kind words Olife
Your knowledge of the Corsairs is very good!! Your correct on both counts on who they belong to.
As for "3" it was the corsair that he (Frederick Streig) used when he was in combat over Rabaul in January 1944. Your right, it is strange how the red lines are still present as i think (don't quote me) they were stopped being used in mid/late 43??