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80-G-419957 Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira Kepford, USNR

Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira Kepford, USNR
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Title: Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira Kepford, USNR
Caption: Taxies his F4U-1A "Corsair" fighter (BuNo 55995) out of its revetment for a strike on Rabaul in February 1944. Original caption states: "he was unable to overtake VF-17 and when near Rabaul turned back." Kepford, operating out of Bougainville with fighter squadron 17, shot down sixteen Japanese aircraft over the Solomon Islands. F4U-1A at left is BuNo 56199. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs.
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Catalog #: 80-G-419957
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs.
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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