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80-G-220736 Lieutenant Commander John Thomas Blackburn

Lieutenant Commander John Thomas Blackburn
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Title: Lieutenant Commander John Thomas Blackburn
Caption: Commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 17, and one of its leading "Aces." He is credited with shooting down eleven Japanese planes, plus five "probables," while flying F4U-1A "Corsair" fighters with VF-17 in the Solomons, November 1943 and January-February 1944. Photo dated 26 March 1944.
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Catalog #: 80-G-220736
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sun, Mar 26, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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