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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 1 of 5.

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 1 of 5. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via the Bobby Rocker Collection
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Photos on Same Day 19 Dec 1943
Photos at Same Place Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 26 Jan 2013

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Licensing  Public Domain. 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".



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WW2-Era Place Name Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories
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