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Offline RJH57

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photo: USMC Night Fighter Training Squad
« on: August 17, 2016, 11:19:24 PM »
Marine Night Fighter Training Squad at the Vero (Florida) Naval Air Station in late 1944.

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AkGpC4yjaS1ok1wuQpf_wQX2NF4z
« Last Edit: August 17, 2016, 11:24:00 PM by RJH57 »
"In Fighters, one must always quest to be
     a well-oiled machine fore Belching,
Whoring and Punching of Heads because
 inevitably the Goal is to flame the Enemy
            and Screw his Old Lady"

Offline RJH57

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Re: photo: USMC Night Fighter Training Squad
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 11:40:09 PM »
Hellcat pilots of VF-1 on the USS Yorktown, 1944
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AkGpC4yjaS1ok11G-T7F_MD_yZkZ
"In Fighters, one must always quest to be
     a well-oiled machine fore Belching,
Whoring and Punching of Heads because
 inevitably the Goal is to flame the Enemy
            and Screw his Old Lady"

Offline nooby52

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Re: photo: USMC Night Fighter Training Squad
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2016, 10:07:34 AM »
Wow, reading the info from the second link: 402 Jap aircraft destroyed in a single night!  :salute

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