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“Gunfight Over Rabaul “ showing U.S. Marine Corps F4U-1 Corsairs of VMA-214 (The Blacksheep) engage Japanese Zeros in combat high over Rabaul, in the Solomon Islands, as they provide top cover for a B24 raid on the enemy stronghold below, December 1943. The closest corsair is ” 740″ (F4U-1,BuAer 17740) while it appears that “883”, Pappy Boyington’s plane, is ahead. By renowned aviation artist Nicolas Trudgin
