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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 1 of 5. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories | ||||||||
| Date | 19 Dec 1943 | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via the Bobby Rocker Collection | ||||||||
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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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| 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". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Photo Size | 1,600 x 1,081 pixels | ||||||||
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