| Caption | P-38G Lightning “Miss Virginia” after a belly landing at Fighter Strip #2, Kukum, Guadalcanal, Apr 1943. Days earlier, this plane, flown by Rex Barber, shot down the G4M bomber carrying Isoroku Yamamoto over Bougainville ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | |||||||
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| Photos at Same Place | Kukum, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories | |||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 18 Feb 2014 | |||||||
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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 | Kukum, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories |
| Lat/Long | -9.4261, 160.0108 |
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28 Dec 2015 08:04:25 PM
My grandfather worked on this plane for the Yamamoto mission. Can I get a copy?