With Banners Bravely Spread by Sir John Gilbert. SIG1336 and using Victor tankers to

and using Victor tankers to in-flight refuel

the First Marine Air Wing was urgently looking for a seasoned fighter pilot to form a unit to take the brand new F4U into combat

For the first major counter offensive of the War in which American forces would play a major role

these examples being armed only with a single over-wing Schwarzlose M7/16 or M16 machine gun

B6238 was an aircraft shared by Lts E McN Hand and H M Moody

With Banners Bravely Spread by Sir John Gilbert. SIG1336 and using Victor tankers toDHM219. With Banners Bravely Spread by Sir John Gilbert. Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 16 inches (58cm x 41cm)